2009 Ford Escape Hybrid

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK BRAKING SYSTEM, TRACTION CONTROL AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS REFERRED TO LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER NICK MAYER LINCOLN WESTLAKE LOCATED AT 24400 CENTER RIDGE RD, WESTLAKE, OH 44145, (440) 835-3700, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE BOOSTER, ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND MODULE AND ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

MY ABS BRAKES ON MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RPM RAMPED WHILE I WAS GOING 65 MPH DOWN A HIGHWAY AND THE FRONT PASSENGER BRAKES STARTED SMOKING. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WAS GOING TO COST $5700 TO FIX BECAUSE OF SOME HCU UNIT THAT FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT PRETTY GOOD RATE OF SPEED. I AM GLAD IT DIDN'T THROW ME OFF INTO A DITCH OR CATCH ON FIRE WITH ME IN IT. WHAT A CRAPPY DESIGN THIS IS. WOW!!! SCARY STUFF.

CAR PASSED SAFETY INSPECTION IN MAY 2018. BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED IN MAY 2017. ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED IN JUNE 2018. WAS GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. HAD CAR TOWED. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. TOLD SINCE THE BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIR WAS FULL AND NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF LEAKAGE, THIS COULDN'T BE PREDICTED OR PREVENTED. REPAIR MADE. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. I WAS ON A CITY STREET AND WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A DE-LINKING OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN (THIRD TIME IN A MONTH). UNABLE TO REPLICATE. THERE IS NO WARNING. THE WARNING COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FAILURE. BRAKES FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY IN A PARKING LOT. GOING ABOUT 2 MPH.. THIRD TIME CAR WAS IN A PARKING LOT. I FEEL FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE CRASHED. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY FORD ESCAPE.

I WAS DRIVING IN MY WORK PARKING GARAGE WHEN I GOT A, "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING ON MY DASH, AND A COUPLE OF DASHBOARD LIGHTS LIT UP, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT. I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT I HAD NO BRAKES, AND I WAS PRESSING MY BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE CAR. LUCKILY I WAS GOING ABOUT 5-10 MPH AND THERE WERE NO CARS OR PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE AROUND THE PARKING GARAGE UNTIL THE CAR SLOWED, THEN USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR. I STARTED READING THE MANUAL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, AND THAT DIDN'T HELP. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR LIGHTS ON MY DASH, SO I TENTATIVELY MOVED THE CAR. THE BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY. I DROVE IT TO A NEARBY MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BEFORE IT ACTED UP AGAIN. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS A HYBRID AND THEY WERE GETTING HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY CODES THAT THEY WEREN'T EXPERIENCED WITH. THE DEALERSHIP MECHANICS SPEND THE NEXT 2 DAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE AND RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO RECREATE IT AND TOLD ME THE ABS CONTROL MODULE HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, FOR APPROXIMATELY $2,000, DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE CAR IS IN GREAT CONDITION, AND MY CAR ONLY HAS 100,000 MILES, SO I AM GOING TO FOOT THE BILL. *TR *CN

BRAKES WEAK ON MANUAL MODE ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER, CODES C1320., HYDRAULIC TRAVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT, HCU, ABS LIGHT ON, SERVICE BRAKES LIGHTS ON, NO HCU COMPRESSOR COMING ON AT PRE START ANY MORE. SUGGESTED NEED NEW HCU, AT A PART COST OF $3889.00 PLUS 10 HOURS OF LABOR TO BLEED SYSTEM PUTTING REPAIR COST OVER $5K, CAR BLUE BOOKS AT $3.5K, HOW CAN THIS BE FEASIBLE, THANKS FOR THE DISPOSABLE CAR FORD.!!!

THE INITIAL INCIDENT IN WHICH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES FAILED IN MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID WAS IN EARLY JUNE 2015. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 17, 2015 AT 57,164 MILES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE BRAKE FAILURE: WHERE HYDRAULIC BRAKES GO SOFT, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP, AND THEN THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT TURN ON. THE VEHICLE MUST BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED FOR THE SYSTEM TO RESET ITSELF. THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES FAILED AGAIN ON JULY 25, FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE FAILURES ON JULY 26, 2015. THE ONLY COMMON FACTORS THAT MAY BE LINKED TO MY BRAKE FAILURE INCIDENTS ARE USE OF POWER WINDOW AND TURNING AIRCONDITIONING ON/OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE SPENT A FULL DAY AT THE DEALERSHIP (JULY 27), AND BAFFLED SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE WAITING FOR FORD HOTLINE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION.