Re: Very soft brakes
Have been going through this with the wife's 2002 Taurus with 4 wheel disc brakes. Put on a new master cylinder (bench bled), replaced the front rubber brake lines (they bulged a tiny bit), and bled the brakes a total of 4 times. Like yours, pedal is stiff before car is started which supposedly eliminates brake booster being faulty. The brakes work O.K., but pedal is soft and not to my liking--especially when compared to my truck. Finally took it to Ford dealership--they checked everything out and said all was O.K., but I had them bleed the ABS system (supposedly Ford has a special machine to do this and most repair joints don't). Helped a little, but not much. So we're living with it. Have also heard you can cycle/bleed the ABS system by running down a gravel road and hit the brakes hard and cycle the ABS system to firm up the pedal. Tried that and it didn't work either.
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2006 Ford Ranger XLT, 2-Door extended cab, 3.0l, Automatic, Air-cond., Cruise, AM-FM Stereo (no CD), ARE Impulse camper shell, Plastic Bedliner, and that's it, as far as extras.
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