1996 Ford Taurus Low Brake Pedal

Tiny
WIZRD03
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  • 1996 FORD TAURUS
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 250,000 MILES
The brake pedal has recently gone low to actuate the brakes. It does not start high & sink like a bad maste cylinder would and it almost feels like stopping without power brakes. The brake fluid was replaced & brakes were bled several months ago after replacing the pads by vacuum bleeding at each cylinder until new, clear fluid with no air was visible in the bleeder hose. Bad master cylinder or power booster? There is a bit of side pull when appling the brakes now.
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 AT 11:58 AM

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Tiny
BMRFIXIT
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Check rear brakes (clean and adjust )
check vacuum line at the booster
do you have brake light coming on
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008 AT 7:19 PM
Tiny
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Turns out it was a very simple solution. Power bleed the brakes. It was just odd that it came on very suddenly, within a week from a high firm pedal to a low soft pedal.
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008 AT 11:11 PM

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