2008 Ford Focus Service Brakes Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

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What owners report

master cylinder · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

Band	Records
60–100k mi	3
30–60k mi	3
150–400k mi	1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

September 25, 2019 · 38,000 miles
Service Brakes
While driving vehicle will not stop. On highway and regular streets. Brake pedals applied but are pushed to the floor. To stop i pump brakes and eventually they come back. Reported problem to dealer but was told nothing was wrong. Have replaced master cylinder and brakes in the last year but problem still persists. Almost had accident yesterday and am terrified of driving car. Don't remember any recalls but have…
ODI 11258254
July 1, 2017 · 90,000 miles
Service Brakes
Abs pump is malfunctioning. Car has "soft pedal" that is not resolved by replacement of master cylinder, brake booster or thorough bleeding of the brakes (including electronic bleeding of the abs). In addition, after about 5-10 minutes of driving, the brakes start to clamp down on the rotors without driver input. The friction is especially bad when driving at high speeds (e.g., on a highway), to the point where the…
ODI 11089134
January 1, 2017 · 224,500 miles
Service Brakes
Spongy braking issues, recently the brakes on my 2008 ford focus have become very spongy, i took it in to firestone and they could not find the problem. They said that my front and rear brakes were perfectly normal, but being that i drive my vehicle everyday i know that something is up. I am finding it hard to stop at red lights and on the highway. It's almost to the point where i have to press the brake peddle the…
ODI 10939132
June 14, 2016 · 75,000 miles
Service Brakes
On three separate occasions when applying brakes and hitting a bump at the same time the petal went almost to the floor. The fourth time the petal dropped nearly to the floor during hard braking. With the engine off pumping the brakes a couple of times the petal came firmly to the top. Applying pressure to the petal and turning on the engine the petal dropped nearly to the floor. Pumping the petal several times…
ODI 10939245
April 29, 2014 · 41,000 miles
Service Brakes
Bought this car 4 years ago with 18,000 miles on it. I have 41,000 miles on it and the abs hydraulic pump is leaking. Cost to repair is a thousand. Not a happy camper. *tr
ODI 10586135
November 1, 2013 · 32,000 miles
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford focus. While driving over a bump at various speeds, the contact had to firmly depress the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. An independent mechanic replaced the brakes on the vehicle, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000.
ODI 10660092
January 1, 2012 · 70,000 miles
Service Brakes
The break master cylinder has been leaking since 70,000 miles. Since then, the break oil has been adding whenever a parking break light was turned on. I have driven more than 10 different used and new cars in domestic and import. This is first time to have the break master cylinder issue. It is now 156,000 miles. The leaking break oil seemed to be depend on the number of the break pushing. The oil doesn't seem to be…
ODI 11082074