hello, i bought me the 200ps transit abot six weeks or so ago, lucky though they are like rocking horse doo da to get hold of, anyroad can anyone tell me if the brakes are supposed to be shite, its a lwb high roof 350 limited and obviously discs all round, but the brakes aint as good as me other 2002 transit 350 lwb, it almost seems like you have to pump them in regards when coming to a stop if you press the peddle down let it up straight away then press it down again straight away, the brakes are then there, peddle near the top.
Just brings back memories of the old thames 15cwt i used to have, if you didnt pump those brakes you didnt stop.

Anyway can anyone shed any light on this please.

Ta

tigerman

 

How old is it? Is it under warranty?
Regardless, I would get them checked out as the brakes should feel perfect.

 

Hello the van is six weeks or so old, i bought it new, ive taken it into fords, foreman drove it and to be honest i got the impression he didnt think there was too much wrong, he slammed the brakes on, van wasnt loaded, and obviously it stopped, but yer in one of them situations where he's the professional mechanic, i'm a roofer, so how can i tell him he,s wrong, but sureley if the brakes are a lot better for pushing the pedal down twice, then theres got to be
something wrong, to me its like the pads aint close enough to the discs, until the second push. you can imagine with a load on, they dont give you too much confidence.
Thanks for youre input, much appreciated

regards
tigerman

 

You shouldn't need to pump for a good pedal and they should feel better not worse than your 2002 model van!

If I was you, I would book it back in with the dealer who supplied it. Explain whats occuring as you have in your post above above and say you'd like them inspected to be sure.

It may be that the pads need to 'bed in' which is fine and you will see an improvement as you put some miles on them but to be honest in 6 weeks I expect you've done a few miles so they should be ok by now.

The brake system may need bleeding again although it should have been spot on when it left production....who know's! I think you're well within your rights to have them properly looked at and I'm sure they will do this for you.

Good luck.

Dan