Do later models have better brakes?

[Guest dingah]

No my friend - the T is my first venture into Ford territory, and what an adventure it has turned out to be....sensational!

[Maxx Power]

Interesting, as I got into my car one day and thought the pedal felt really spongy and something was wrong. Took it for a drive and the braking power was there, went to the dealer to sort the CD player out, while I was there I queried the brakes and I sat in other BA's and they all feel the same - spongy pedal.

[X-WING]

I agree brakes are ok as I have got used to them but they are a bit soft under the foot and at times you have to stand on them esp if they are cold ,not as sharp as my EL

[YOOT]

They definately need some heat these 'new' brakes. I foundmine bit very hard when they were hot, and were doey when normal driving.

[profrat]

Jan '03 Man Phantom 17". Just purchased with 15000 on the clock. Brakes shudder BAD when used hard from speed. Lots of dark residue patches on the front discs. Has a similar appearance to the problem I had with my VL turbo with DBA slotted discs and EBC greenstuff pads. Apparently that was some sort of residue from the pad material that was incompatible with the discs. Changed pads and it was OK again. The greenstuff had better bite though.....pity. In for service next week and I asked that they check and fix the brakes. Will see what happens.

cheers

[XtRmn8]

Dad took his XT back under warrenty for brake shudder the other day. Ford fixed it and the service reps told him it was an issue with callipers. He also said ford know about the fault and that this problem has been fixed on late 03 cars onwards. Dads BA is 04/03 with 17000kms, and the shudder was gettin pretty bad but is sweet as now!

If you think the BA brakes are bad I recommend you drive an E series car. My EL will all new disk brakes, pads and fluid has nowhere near the stoping power of the BA.

[YOOT]

^^^^^^^^Tell me about it^^^^^^^^^

I had a 1994 ED Fairmont and I replaced all four rotors with DBA Slotted, and pads to Bendix ultimate and the bas*ard would pull up hard under ABS once they got hot but normal driving it felt like all four calipers were seized. Unbelievable.

The BA however, I hardly have to push the pedal hard, and when I do I just baout rip the wheels out from underneith the car!

[BADBOSS]

Have now done 6000km's in 6 weeks and the brakes are fine . I found that when the car was new a trip with the club through the mountains bedded the brakes in fine.

[Guest jteale]

Only had my T for a week but the brakes are way better than my old AUII and they are heaps better than the demo T I drove (probably hammered by potential customers and dealer staff) ... mine was straight from the factory and the brakes are excellent so far ... may still go for some upgrades down the track when I pump up the power with some upgrades but for a stock car they are perfect.

[YOOT]

  jteale said:

Only had my T for a week but the brakes are way better than my old AUII and they are heaps better than the demo T I drove (probably hammered by potential customers and dealer staff) ... mine was straight from the factory and the brakes are excellent so far ... may still go for some upgrades down the track when I pump up the power with some upgrades but for a stock car they are perfect.

They sure are!