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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] Car problem
  • Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:56:26 -0500

My mother's car is a 1993 Ford Tempo. It won't start, but I think the problem is the brake. The key turns in the ignition, the dashboard lights light (all of them), but it doesn't make a sound. It's NOT the battery...I KNOW what a dead battery sounds like. That car has all kinds of interlocks with the brake and the shift (it's an automatic) and the brake and the ignition. You need to depress the brake to do anything, like start the car or shift out of Park. If the brake doesn't work, nothing works.

The problem is that the brake pedal won't go down at all. I know absolutely nothing about cars, but I suspect something in the brake mechanism (linkage?) is jammed. I couldn't find a tow truck to get it to the mechanic before they closed at 2, so I have to wait until Monday. Can they even tow it if it's stuck in Park? I thought it would be nice if I could fix it before then and save some money and annoyance.Any suggestions for a mechanically-challenged person (that doesn't involve disassembling the car)?

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA




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