Ford recalls Territory over brake issue
March 27, 2009 by George Skentzos
Following customer complaints on the issue, Ford Australia is now voluntarily recalling Ford Territory vehicles manufactured between February 1 2004 and December 31 2008.
The recall relates to a front brake hose fluid leak issue that in some cases has resulted in ‘reduced braking effectiveness’, although Ford is keen to point out this has been found in less than two per cent of vehicles.
An investigation by Ford has found that this issue only occurs under certain operating conditions – a combination of high time in service, along with frequent cornering at full steering lock.
According to Ford Australia, even following total front brake failure, the rear braking system will still bring the vehicle to a halt within Australian Design Rule requirements.
This recall only applies to non-Turbo Ford Territory vehicles manufactured during the time period of February 1 2004 to December 31 2008 – Territory Turbo, Territory Ghia Turbo and the FPV F6X are not affected.
Ford says owners should contact their nearest authorised Ford Dealer to make arrangements to have their vehicle rectified and if necessary the front brake hoses will be replaced free of charge.
Ford Australia will also contact owners by letter and will advertise the recall in daily newspapers in order to reach all customers.
Print it: 
Fact is Dan you should have specified what you meant without putting all Fords IN YOU OPINION IN THE SAME BASKET !
You have a habit of not clarifying what you mean before you go on a rant,then you do your spin Doctor thing and start back peddling.Very embarrassing for yourself .
Your the one that failed dude your just not man enough to admit it.
Seems that Dan has proved himself to be a full of BS tool again. Dan has no facts to back up his BS so he gets his alter ego Fezza to “back him up” with what? again no facts just empty rhetoric.
This BS is over with.
And no Dan I use a single name in a discussion!
I can’t believe this rant is still going.
Dan, who do you work for? Where is your office? What is your position? Put up the info so we can verify. The more you post the more I doubt you are anything you claim to be.
Bret, Simon, Andrew M, Wheelnut – you guys are as guilty as Dan is for perpetuating this rubbish on every thread. If you really don’t want to get into petty arguments with Dan about the same crap over and over again, then just do what BM has been successful in doing and ignore his jibes. You’ll notice there isn’t anymore rubbish going on between those 2, so just do the same.
There is more to life than this website, so snap out of it.
Here, here EOTC.
Simon, would you like my full name, home address, date of birth, bank account details, and other stuff with that as well??
I find it pathetic that you Falcoon supporters get all jumpy and start with personal attacks as soon as someone says something negative about your car. Geez, it was merely a statement that all Falcons I dealt with leaked oil! Get on with your life, you are all pathetic!
Bloody hell. Brother’s been using my comp again…
Sure he has….. and your an accountant (with a job?) who drives a Lexus, lives in an affluent suburb and has years of motoring experience.
All the cridability of a rabid native dog!
Do I have to prove anything to you? No.
Bret – “rabid native dog”
Huh?
Dan no need to PLAY dumb. You show it conlusively far too often.
(Shoot my typoing is shoockig toay!)
I have genuinely absolutely no idea what you are on about Bret.
Sorry for dragging an old thread, but in response to
Jensea Says:
March 27th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
What you have described can NOT happen from the recall issue, just had a look at the lines, and they cannot spray onto the engine or exhaust. also being a diagonaly split system you would still have brakes. Sorry but feel it’s important for you to know.
Frontman, funny how the made up stories always somehow ignore little facts. Like why can’t you stop from reversing when the FRONT brakes failed – the rears are doing all of the work when reversing.
I’ve already had 1 brake hose fail, no brakes, not a nice feeling for my wife who was driving at the time.
Also another common problem, are ball joints. i’ve just spent neally $700 on replacing the lower control arms. ball joints and bush’s were completely distroyed.
This this to be looked at by ford as im told this is a very common problem.
Frontman I have already spoken to Ford again and even the brake hoses I have had replaced may need to be replaced again under the RECALL as any hoses used up to Dec 08 are still possibly under the recall Until Ford see which hoses were used and since their is a massive backlog at the moment I have to wait until after easter. The Problem is the hoses are too short and do not allow for movement, I have already had this confirmed so do not tell me this is not a recall issue. I have also been told I should be reimbursed the cost of previous repairs.
I certainly wasnt talking about the top of the engine being sprayed but just in general. And unless you have had your brake hose split in exactly the same spot you can not know exactly what I and the mechanic saw. And I never said I had no brakes just that I moved the car into the parking area as I certainly wasnt going to risk driving when I had no idea what was going on.
I have had my front hoses replaced twice. Now my offside rear hose has gone (split). I have tried to ask Ford to make some consideration for the back brake hoses as well. As there is currently no campaign for these I am on my own. Ford Assist’s suggestion, take it to the media. So this is what I will have to do. Anybody else who has had a problem with their back brake hose please submit your comment. I am keen to establish if collectively we make up 2%, so that we can also have these hoses attended too.
Ok, Ford are feally pissing me off at the momment. I own a territory TX 2004 , Back passenger side, brake hose split, two weeks later, drivers side rear brake hose split. ford will not cover repair costs. Everytime it rains carpet gets soaked from passenger side front under dash somewhere, and i meaqn soaked from front to back.Window switches, stuffed. balljoinnts, stuffed. Now today ETC message lights up, wtf. Rang ford darra, to ask for help, was told we are to busy today, to many potential customers in the yard. What a joke. Shit sevice, shit customer relations, shit car ..
yes..mick….please check for rust in body too…better get rid of that lemon.
well…the people bought these lemons won’t have time to bore….right…..go back to the dealer and fixing these common faults forever.
Have been back to dealer and told them about these problems, they look at me and say oh, really after just handing over 400 dollars for a service.. maybe its just denmac ford in darra?
Jensea Says:
April 9th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
The reason I said your problem was not related to the recall was simpley the following statement from you
[I was going through a drive thru whn I put my foot on the brake at the window, it went to the floor and there was smoke everywhere from the brake fluid going all over the engine…..]
Putting brake fluid over the engine is physically impossible from the position of the drivers side hose to spray the motor. Sorry but thats just the plain facts. I would be more interested in the Lube mobile charges for the repair. At their pricing you would be far better served gtting yourself a credit card and getting someone who knows what they are doing to do the work.
yes…Mick…that’s why we need a lemon law to protect innocent customer like you.these dinosaurs got away with poor quality for so long.as soon as government introduced the law the better for innocent customers.
And Mick we also need an anti moron law for sic of bogan,to protect people from BS.
hahaha so true Phil…….