Posted by Christopher S. on October 24, 2014 at 08:07:45 from (67.234.37.164):
My wife drives a 2008 Lincoln MKZ with approximately 62,000 miles on it. This car is basically the same as the Ford fusion or a Mercury Milan. A little while ago I was driving it and had to do a panic stop because of turkeys crossing the road, I thought the brake pedal was a little spongy afterwords but didn't mention it. My wife has started commenting on it and she wanted me to get it serviced so I took it to a local garage that had the appropriate scan tool to cycle the ABS brakes. He said that without a doubt the hydraulic end of the ABS control module needs replaced, it is not a take apart and repair item it as a whole unit.
His description of what happened goes like this. When you use the brakes in an emergency situation and a wheel locks up the computer tells this valve within the ABS module to open up and release pressure. This valve opens and closes repeatedly creating the ABS feeling in the pedal and allows the locked up wheel to turn. If you have not use the ABS function in a while the Valve can get sticky and tear the seal that it goes through. This prevents the valve from returning to it's closed position and now gives you The spongy break feeling we are noticing.
If you give it time the valve seems to close and you regain brake pedal feeling again and everything is normal until the next ABS situation panic stop.
The hydraulic control module that I need cost about $1000 and an additional couple hundred dollars for the labor. The problem is the part is on national backorder and they don't know when it will become available. We are getting into snow and Ice soon, I fear that the part is not going to become available when she needs the ABS brakes to be working.
Do you guys have any suggestions on the situation? Could I pull the ABS fuse from the car so that the abs control valve never opens but she no longer has any ABS function at all? Should this be some type of warranty work the Ford garage said there was no recalls or statements issued that it should be.
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