has anyone noticed high brake pedal pressure needed to stop a 2004 freestar? i had a similar problem with a 95 windstar. anyone have a fix?

 

Something to look at...

I know that the slide pins can crud up depending on where you live. This causes the full surface of the pads to not be evenly applied to the rotor surface, thus reducing braking ability. This senario would require you to apply more force to stop. Found that out years ago. I now disassemble my brakes every spring and fall to ensure the slide pins are free working.

 

thanks ucs

 

all components and booster checked out ok,so i guess brake design requires more push.my 95 windstar was worse

 

Is your engine idling nice and low? If it is idling a bit rough it will also raise the idle speed a just a little. That in turn could lead to later down shifts and thus require more force on the brake pedal. To check that you could --on a nice empty stretch of road--shift into N and then brake. See if it will come to a stop with normal pedal pressure.