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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delling3" data-source="post: 1450440" data-attributes="member: 22616">Coming to the end of an evening cruise last night, about 1/4 mile from home, doing about 50 in traffic.  Suddenly, and without warning, I had no power steering and no power brakes.  It seems that the serpentine belt chose that exact moment to reach end of life. Despite the very sudden/unexpected change in control of the Mustang, I was able to compensate to avoid an accident, and made it home safe. I have worked on old British sports cars, a mid-sixties Chrysler 300,  as well as vintage Japanese motorcycles, but this '96 GT is the most "modern" car I have turned a wrench on.  I like to work on this stuff as a hobby, but I'll take the daily driver to the shop when it needs service.  Suffice to say, the last car that I worked on with power brakes had a big vacuum booster, and pretty much as long as the engine was running, you had power brakes.  Never really occurred to me that things have changed. I know, I am an idiot!</blockquote>