2010 Ford Escape Hybrid

THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON, RED BRAKE WARNING LIGHT, AUDIBLE ALARM AND BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE HEV STOPS WORKING AND THE GAS MOTOR DOESN'T SHUTOFF. THIS HAS HAPPEN A NUMBER OF TIMES FORD DEALER "NO CODES FOUND, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE". HAVE HAD A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB DONE, WITH UPGRADED PARTS AS RECOMMENDED. PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES TO COME AND GO INTERMITTENTLY. TALK TO OTHER FORD ESCAPE HYBRID OWNERS AND ALL SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

WHILE DRIVING OUR CAR, IN GOOD WEATHER, (110,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE) FLASHED ERROR MESSAGE "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" IT LOST ALL ASSISTED BRAKES AND WE HAD TO MASH THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR TO BRAKE ADEQUATELY. FORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ON A HIGHWAY OR IN ANY TRAFFIC OTHERWISE THIS WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FORD IS SAYING IT'LL COST UPWARDS OF 5K TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED, IT'S AN ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT THEY BELIEVE IS DEFECTIVE, THEY AREN'T SURE IF THIS WILL FULLY FIX THE ISSUE. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE FORD ESCAPE HYBRIDS. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY FORD AS OBVIOUSLY ANY LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION IS UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE POWER BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY STOP THE CAR BY PRESSING DOWN AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON THE BRAKE. LUCKILY THE CAR STOPPED JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION AGAINST A RED LIGHT. SHE PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE (EBCM.) WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DEALER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. BOTH FAILURES WERE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED. OUR CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL SAFETY SYSTEM WITHIN THE VEHICLE, AND APPEARS TO NOT BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I THEREFORE BELIEVE THAT FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES SUBJECT TO THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS AT THEIR EXPENSE.

HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT FAILURE AT 65000 MILES. CAR WAS IN MOTION, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NORMAL SPEEDS. ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BRAKE INDICATORS ALL LIT AS WELL AS A MESSAGE TO CHECK BRAKES ALL CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. APPLYING THE BRAKES CAUSED DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY (NEARLY NONE), RENDERING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY SERVICED AT THE DEALER SINCE PURCHASE. PURCHASED THE EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND THAT ENDED LAST YEAR. REPAIR COST $2500 AT THE DEALER.

WHILE IN MOTION, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (3 WEEKS APART) MY BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT AND RESORTED TO THE DEFAULT EMERGENCY BRAKE FUNCTIONS WHERE I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE MY BRAKES SLOWLY AFTER PRESSING THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN. HAD I BEEN ON A HIGHWAY OR GOING FAST, I THINK I COULD HAVE DIED. THE FIRST OCCASION, THE MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKES WERE FINE BECAUSE THEY WENT TO DIAGNOSE MY CAR AND IT WAS ACTING NORMAL, BUT THAT THEY SAW THE COMPUTER ERROR CODES. I ALSO HAD A PICTURE OF ALL MY WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. THE SECOND TIME, THE FORD DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN SAYS THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THIS IN A FORD HYBRID. THIS ISN'T A SMALL PROBLEM. THIS COULD DEFINITELY KILL SOMEBODY.

UPON STARTING UP THE CAR, AND AFTER ACCELERATING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND ANTI SKID LIGHTS CAME ON AND THERE WAS A CHIME. UPON PRESSING ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT BRAKE. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE STREET BOTH TIMES AND HAD ROOM TO COAST TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SPAN OF THREE DAYS. UPON HAVING IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER, THEY STATED THE ABS MODULE HAD FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS AND THE CONDITION CONTINUED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILING TO RESPOND WHEN APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CONDITION WAS COMMON AND THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I WAS TURNING A CORNER WHEN THE CAR CHIMED THREE TIMES. I THOUGHT PERHAPS MY WIFE HAD FAILED TO BUCKLE HER SEAT BELT. I ASKED HER AND SHE SAID NO, SHE HAD. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE DASHBOARD HAD A RED INDICATOR OF A BRAKE FAILURE AND INSTEAD OF THE MILEAGE IT SAID "CHECK BRAKES". WHEN I DID THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE - ONLY BY PUMPING REALLY HARD COULD I STOP THE CAR. I DROVE ABOUT A MILE HOME CAREFULLY. THIS IS THE FOURTH BRAKE FAILURE. I WILL NEVER DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY IN AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE WHEN I HEARD A DOUBLE ALARM SOUND. I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND IT HAD A RED BRAKE SYMBOL AND TEXT THAT SAID CHECK BRAKES. I TRIED THEM AND THERE WAS NOTING THERE. I PROCEEDED VERY SONLY TO A SPOT AND PULLING AT A CRAWL. I PUMPED THE BRAKES MANY TIMES AND STOPPED THE CAR. AFTER A WHILE I STARTED IT AGAIN AND THERE WAS BRAKE WARNING - I DROVE IT VERY SLOWLY TO THE STREET AND CALLED FORD AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK. IT IS IN THE DEALERS NOW. THIS IS THE THIRD BRAKE FAILURE - I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFELY AND THAT OF PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

DRIVING ON ONRAMP TO HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 30 MPH, ALARMS SOUNDED AND ABS LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, AND SERVICE BRAKES WARNING CAME UP. ALARM SOUNDED ABOUT EVERY 5 MIN ON WAY TO DESTINATION. LOST BRAKES ALMOST COMPLETELY. HAD TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR FOR ANY STOPPING POWER. PROBLEM GOES AWAY AFTER RESTART OF ENGINE, BUT RETURNS WHEN DRIVING. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 6 MONTHS AGO AND DEALERSHIP REPLACED BRAKE PEDAL. WORKED FINE FOR 6 MONTHS, BUT NOW EXACTLY SAME THING OCCURRING. NOW SCARED TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. *TR