Explorer75
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Hello all
Since I bought my 2010 Explorer with about 33k miles I´ve noticed that the brakes don´t have the initial bite or stopping force any other car, truck or SUV has. Usually when you step on the brakes on any good working vehicles as soon as you step on the brakes and feel resistance the vehicle starts to stop. On my explorer this doesn´t happen. You start braking and get the initial resistance on the pedal and the truck won´t begin to stop, not until you press harder on the brakes then it will begin to brake. Applying the same force on the brake pedal on most vehicles will stop them on the dime, even resulting in an uncomfortable brake to all passengers. When I use other cars/SUVs this is what happens, I brake suddenly like a maniac and very uncomfortable because my explorer brakes are so bad and I´m used to them.
I´ve been told by the shop I repair my truck at that this is common for 4th generation explorers, I even drove another explorer the other day and the brakes were equally as bad as mine.
Anyway, so far I´ve replaced the brake hoses, master cylinder, brake rotors and pads and the result are the same bad brakes. Brakes have been bled many times, using either pressure method or 2 mand method, same result, firm pedal but bad brakes.
Can anybody relate to this?
Any fix?
Thanks in advance for the comments
Since I bought my 2010 Explorer with about 33k miles I´ve noticed that the brakes don´t have the initial bite or stopping force any other car, truck or SUV has. Usually when you step on the brakes on any good working vehicles as soon as you step on the brakes and feel resistance the vehicle starts to stop. On my explorer this doesn´t happen. You start braking and get the initial resistance on the pedal and the truck won´t begin to stop, not until you press harder on the brakes then it will begin to brake. Applying the same force on the brake pedal on most vehicles will stop them on the dime, even resulting in an uncomfortable brake to all passengers. When I use other cars/SUVs this is what happens, I brake suddenly like a maniac and very uncomfortable because my explorer brakes are so bad and I´m used to them.
I´ve been told by the shop I repair my truck at that this is common for 4th generation explorers, I even drove another explorer the other day and the brakes were equally as bad as mine.
Anyway, so far I´ve replaced the brake hoses, master cylinder, brake rotors and pads and the result are the same bad brakes. Brakes have been bled many times, using either pressure method or 2 mand method, same result, firm pedal but bad brakes.
Can anybody relate to this?
Any fix?
Thanks in advance for the comments