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1995 Ford Bronco service brakes, hydraulic problems

34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 1995 Ford Bronco36% of all complaints for this model year.

34
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
36%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Opened hood and noticed fire and complete melt down of master brake cylinder unit/reservior, which is made of plastic. Major wire harness is near plastic master brake cylinder, some wires are underneath unit. Cause: oil brake fluid leaking from plastic reservior causing wire to dissolve, then…

    filed Apr 16, 2002

  • I feel that this problem was caused by poor engineering by ford motor company. I have contacted ford motor but they refuse to take responsibilty. This fire was not my fault ! This fire was caused by a faulty plastic brake reservoir unit that leaked on the main wire harness causing a short then a…

    filed Mar 14, 2002

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.