2006 Ford Escape Hybrid

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE RED BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WITH A MESSAGE TO CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM. FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP THE BRAKES WORKED OK. I REACHED MY DESTINATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I CAME BACK OUT AND STARTED THE VEHICLE BOTH THE RED BRAKE LIGHT AND THE YELLOW ABS LIGHT WERE ON. WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE CAR DID NOT STOP. I HAD TO USE THE HAND BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR FROM GOING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I BACKED UP AND PARKED THE CAR AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. WHEN THE CAR WAS LOADED ONTO THE TOW, ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, THE BRAKES WORKED AGAIN. *TR

COMING TO A STOP TO LEAVE PARKING LOT, I FELT THE BRAKES SHUTTER AS IF WAS SLIDING. THE SKIING LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS, VEHICLE MOTION STOPPED, THEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND GOT A MESSAGE ON DASH THE GET BAKE SYSTEM SERVICED. ABS LIGHT IN ON ALL THE TIME AND THE ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. WILL BE TAKING TO REPAIR SHOP TODAY FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE MODEL. RECALL???? *TR

MY 2006 ESCAPE HYBRID SUDDENLY LOST BRAKING POWER, OCCURRING AS I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW TO EXIT OFF OF I-95 TO MY HOME. THE ABS AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AT THE SAME TIME,THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD BUT THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH TO GET SLOWED DOWN PUSHING AS HARD AS I COULD AND LUCKILY THE OFF RAMP WAS UP HILL. I WAS GOING TO PULL OFF AND GET TOWED BUT DECIDED BEING ON THE SIDE OF I-95 WAS TOO SCARY AND INSTEAD DROVE ,DESPITE THE FAILURE. I WENT 5MPH AND MADE IT HOME . THE NEXT MORNING THE BRAKES WERE MIRACULOUSLY WORKING FINE. NOW I AM TOO SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND HAVE READ OF OTHERS THAT SPENT TONS OF MONEY WITHOUT THE CAR BEING FIXED. *TR

BOUGHT THE CAR FROM NOVATO FORD, NOW JOURNEY FORD IN 2008. A FEW DAYS AGO I HAD TO BRAKE HARD, BUT AS FAR AS I COULD TELL THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) DID NOT ENGAGE. THE BRAKES WORKED AND THE CAR STOPPED/. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT AS SOON AS I STARTED THE CAR THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WERE ON. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC SCAN, WHICH RETURNED CODE C1475. THE NON-FORD REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW FORD'S TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND THE REPAIR WOULD COST 3500 IN PARTS AND ANOTHER $700 IN LABOR. I AM WRITING BECAUSE IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNUSUAL TO ME AND THE SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE REVIEWED THIS MATTER FOR THIS TO OCCUR. THIS IS FORD'S SERVICE BULLETIN HTTP://WW.W.AUTOELECTRICPRO.COM/PURCHASED/IMAGES/076000/074720.PDF. *TR

PART 1: I PURCHASED THIS USED VEHICLE FROM WHAT IS A WELL KNOWN DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA OF LIVING ON 3/21/13. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DATE THE FIRST BRAKE FAILURE HAPPENED, IT WAS 4 DAYS AFTER I DROVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE LOT. THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THANKFULLY, BESIDES BEING SCARED TO DEATH, I WAS OK. THE DEALERSHIP TOWED MY VEHICLE AND STATED THEY "MIRACULOUSLY" (MY SARCASM) HAD BRAKES WHEN DRIVING IT FROM THE TOW TRUCK INTO THE SHOP. THEY HAD GREAT DIFFICULTIES FIGURING OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND HAD EVEN TALKED WITH THE FORD COMPANY AND CAME UP WITH THE HYDRAULICS SYSTEM BEING THE ISSUE WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. AT A LATER TIME WITH FURTHER OCCURRENCE, I WAS INFORMED THE MODULAR HAD ALSO AT THE FIRST BRAKE FAILURE BEEN REPLACED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO PROOF OF THAT ON MY SERVICE RECORD (ANOTHER ISSUE). AFTER REPLACING THESE ITEMS, THE DEALERSHIP CONTINUED TO HAVE DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO GET THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS FROM ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH AND APPARENTLY HAD TO UNHOOK SOME VACUUM PUMP TO CORRECT ISSUE. FOLLOWING THIS I WAS ASSURED EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. SECOND BRAKE FAILURE WAS ON 5/26/13. THANKFULLY,I WAS JUST COMING TO A STOP AT MY RESIDENCE WHEN THIS OCCURRED! AGAIN VEHICLE WAS TOWED. AN ERROR CODE WAS FOUND AND RESET AND ASSURED EVERYTHING WAS OK. THIS IS ALSO WHEN I DID SOME DIGGING AND REQUESTED THE PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME. TO MY AMAZEMENT, THIS HAD HAPPENED ONCE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER.....FUNNY, THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD WERE INVOLVED AND STATED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MODULAR OR A "FLUKE" AND NOTHING WAS DONE AT THAT TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED SHORTLY AFTER. HMMM..I INHERITED A PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE WARNING CHIME WAS ALSO ACTIVATED. THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THEY ENGAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE MASTER CYLINDER BOOSTER ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND NOT ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. *TR

DRIVING ABOUT 35 AND THE ABS LIGHT AND ANTI SKID LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN AT SLOW SPEED THE CAR STARTED DOING A CHUGGING AND THEN IT WENT ON BATTERY. IT DID THIS ALL THE WAY HOME. I AM LUCKIER THAN MOST MY MAN IS A MECHANIC AN PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND IT STATED WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TONE RING. IN 5 MONTHS MY 16 YEAR OLD WILL BE DRIVING THIS CAR FULL TIME AND NOW I AM REAL CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. SOME ONE RECALL THIS TONE RING, PEOPLE ARE LOOSING BRAKES!!!! *TR

DRIVING ABOUT 35 AND THE ABS LIGHT AND ANTI SKID LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN AT SLOW SPEED THE CAR STARTED DOING A CHUGGING AND THEN IT WENT ON BATTERY. IT DID THIS ALL THE WAY HOME. I AM LUCKIER THAN MOST MY MAN IS A MECHANIC AN PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND IT STATED WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TONE RING. IN 5 MONTHS MY 16 YEAR OLD WILL BE DRIVING THIS CAR FULL TIME AND NOW I AM REAL CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. SOME ONE RECALL THIS TONE RING, PEOPLE ARE LOOSING BRAKES!!!! *TR