kathryn gibbs Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hi all after a bit of advice if possible had my car since new and the brake pedal has always had a bit of travel but got worse in 2015 had dealership drain and replace fluid was ok for a bit then advised 2018 for mot then in 2019 had drained and replaced again but went back as it was within a few weeks went for mot yesterday they advised brake travel again , has anyone else had this ? Was told by dealership it was "that sort of pedal box " but local garage that I go to for mot says there is something wrong with it , can anyone else shed light on this cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 It may be that your brake servo, pipes or master cylinder is loosing vacuum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild_one Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 My zetec S has a long pedal. It's passed MOT all good, but still I think its a long pedal. To be honest, like many modern cars, its brakes are way too sharp. You only have to press the pedal and the car is on its front bumper. I guess modern drivers don't like to push the pedal hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 It's the abs pump at fault. Known issue if you use a ford dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathryn gibbs Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 thank you will have a word with dealership 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, kathryn gibbs said: thank you will have a word with dealership 😀 yeah, get the dealer to do a symptom based diagnostic for brake pedal travel and computer will get them to do checks on travel before amd after master bleed. based on that will detemine if abs pump needs replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathryn gibbs Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, iantt said: yeah, get the dealer to do a symptom based diagnostic for brake pedal travel and computer will get them to do checks on travel before amd after master bleed. based on that will detemine if abs pump needs replacing. expensive or not too bad ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isetta Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 expensive it it does need abs pump replacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathryn gibbs Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 better start saving then 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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