Quote Originally Posted by rsc6288 View Post
hi niky, did have my driver take the car to 2 other dealers when I 1st wrote this thread........I think Ford Manila and Ford Balintawak...both acknowledge my brake pedal is noisy daw and both considered the problem normal.......Ford Manila even went as far as saying ganun daw talaga mga Ford Expe and Explorers pag tumatagal......So does that mean I shouldn't be complaining????? ?
I think they're pointing out the difference between a design flaw and something that's broken. The american ford models seem to use a hydraulic cylinder near the cabin actuated by the pedal. As the car gets older, you begin to get air bubbles in the hydraulic fluid, which are released when they become hot and lose solubility. This gives you that annoying squishy sound. It doesn't help matters that this is probably being fed through a rubber hose, which can expand once the hydraulic fluid gets hot, enchancing that mushy feel even more.

Is it broken? No.
It it bad? Yes.

A good reason not to have bought a ford to begin with.