NHTSA Complaint #11020468 — 2007 FORD FOCUS

CAR IN MOTION, WHILE BRAKING AND MAKING A TURN WOULD LOSE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE IF GOING OVER ROUGH ROAD. ON 9/24/14, THIS SITUATION RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO INABILITY TO STOP. INSURANCE REPAIRED THE CAR COSMETICALLY, BUT DID NOT ADDRESS OR REPAIR THE BRAKING ISSUE. FIRST TIME TO DEALER AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THEY TRIED BLEEDING THE BRAKES. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE CAR UNTIL LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID APPEARED IN DRIVEWAY. SECOND DEALER REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT AT A COST OF OVER $2000. BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY RESOLVED. TODAY, 8/29/2017, WHILE DRIVING OFF AN EXIT RAMP, BRAKING AND TURNING ONTO A ROAD THAT WAS BEING RESURFACED (ROUGH ROAD TRANSITION), I LOST BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO FLOOR. PEDAL WAS SOFT THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MILES. I PARKED THE CAR TO ATTEND AN EVENT. THEN I CONTINUED HOME, DRIVING INCLUDED A FEW MORE TRAFFIC LIGHT STOPS ON MY WAY HOME, THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE SUDDENLY RETURNED. TONIGHT'S EVENT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THE SAME SITUATIONS I EXPERIENCED WITH THIS CAR YEARS AGO. I HAVE ATTACHED A BRIEF INSURANCE SUMMARY ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE CLAIM. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE POLICE REPORT, BUT MAY BE ABLE TO REQUEST ANOTHER COPY SHOULD YOU WANT IT. COULD THIS PROBLEM ON MY 2007 FORD FOCUS BE RELATED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE16017 WHICH DESCRIBES MY ISSUE BUT ON FORD FUSION'S BUILT DURING THE SAME YEAR? PLEASE INVESTIGATE IF SIMILAR OR THE SAME PARTS ARE SHARED BETWEEN THE FOCUS AND FUSION. WHILE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM YEARS AGO, I CAME ACROSS OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS.