Ford Escape Hev abs comes on

Filed Mar 14, 2017 · Brakes · 172,000 miles · MI

The brakes do not work. There is little to no braking power when depressing the brake, and the brakes feel stiff to engage. One shop fixed all my rotors and pads and a caliper, but the brakes still did not function. They told me I had to go to a dealer to get the brakes bled... Nothing else could be done. So I took it to a ford dealer and they said it would cost over $4000 to fix. The main ABS control unit and hydraulic control unit were what the computers said were the problem. After some pleading, they agreed to try a used part for only $900. After installing the used part, the brakes still did not function. I was told the ford main help line said only new parts would fix it... Technicians tried to diagnose the problem further but eventually said the only thing they could do is install the new parts for the hefty price. *tt

Filed Sep 15, 2016 · Brakes · 123,000 miles · CA

Abs light on, very weak and diminished braking power, almost not stopping, vehicle was off, then noticed upon startup, 123k miles on vehicle, ford states it could be up to a $5k repair which far exceedes the value of this vehicle, suspect part is the hcu hydraulic control unit which pressurizes the break system before start up, also noticed this pump isn't coming on anymore, ford says they won't cover anything of repair, no more fords or chevy's for me!, you have to kill at least 125 people before they will recall anything just like the $2.25 ignition key recall, what about the 180+ people fords pinto exploding fuel tanks, because of break away fuel necks, lives aren't worth $8ea, to install the rubber bladder are they?, thanks for making another throw away car just like the chevy vega, now ford has another to add to pinto, edsel, maverick? Where did they go? Which one's next? Don't buy hybrid, not good technolgy, doesnt even get very good mileage , 26? Is all I got!, thanks again ford motors, hope henry is rolling over in heaven for your idiot engineers that would design a system that is beyond economical sense to repair.!!!

Filed Aug 28, 2016 · Brakes · 224,500 miles · MD

Driving on city street when "service brake system" message was displayed as well as ABS and brake lights on dash. Vehicle had no brakes and emergency brake had to be used to stop vehicle.

Filed Oct 19, 2014 · Brakes · 87,000 miles · MO

I got an 'ABS' light on, and the panel told me 'services brake system'.

Filed Feb 27, 2014 · Brakes · 69,292 miles · FL

Wife and I were enroute home from vero beach, fl traveling west on fl hiway 60 about 10 miles east of the fl turnpike around 8:30 am. Traveled over short stretch of repaved road. At that time heard beep, noticed red brake light and amber ABS light on. Cruise control on moving 60 MPH. Tried brakes, noticed excessive brake travel, but still had some brakes. Continued on until turnpike junction. Pulled off road, stopped, shut off ignition. Upon restarting (after 5 seconds), warning lights stayed off, had good brakes. Proceeded 130 miles to home w/o incident. This has occurred 3 times before and have had it to the dealer's service dept. On july 5th. I am detailing this incident because I have the most information about it. When it occurred all 4 times, it was either after crossing railroad tracks, hitting a pot hole or in this case after a change in road surface. And it doesn't happen all the time when crossing rough surfaces. The dealer (nick nicholas ford in inverness, fl) cannot seem to find and fix this. I have to ground this vehicle because I cannot trust it with my wife driving by herself. It could cost up to 7k for ford to swap out componets to try to fix it - my cost. This is a safety issue! Not a wear and tear issue.

Filed Sep 25, 2013 · Brakes · 63,334 miles · FL

Wife and I were enroute home from vero beach, fl traveling west on fl hiway 60 about 10 miles east of the fl turnpike around 8:30 am. Traveled over short stretch of repaved road. At that time heard beep, noticed red brake light and amber ABS light on. Cruise control on moving 60 MPH. Tried brakes, noticed excessive brake travel, but still had some brakes. Continued on until turnpike junction. Pulled off road, stopped, shut off ignition. Upon restarting (after 5 seconds), warning lights stayed off, had good brakes. Proceeded 130 miles to home w/o incident. This has occurred 3 times before and have had it to the dealer's service dept. On july 5th. I am detailing this incident because I have the most information about it. When it occurred all 4 times, it was either after crossing railroad tracks, hitting a pot hole or in this case after a change in road surface. And it doesn't happen all the time when crossing rough surfaces. The dealer (nick nicholas ford in inverness, fl) cannot seem to find and fix this. I have to ground this vehicle because I cannot trust it with my wife driving by herself. It could cost up to 7k for ford to swap out components to try to fix it - my cost. This is a safety issue! Not a wear and tear issue. *ln updated 1/6/2014

Filed Feb 14, 2013 · Brakes · 58,000 miles · TX

1/25/13 pulled out of driveway taking daughter to school ~ as I approached stop sign I had no brakes. Pedal to floor ... Thankfully no cars were coming ~ yanked wheel to the right and pulled up emergency brake to stop. Dropped car off at 5 star ford nrh, tx and now have been quoted over 4600.00 to replace hcu ABS module on a car with less than 60k miles?! The part alone is 4100.00 .... Are you serious?! I am disgusted that I have now seen and read so many instances of other consumers with exact same issue and with no recalls or liability on ford's behalf! This should not be tolerated and is a huge safety issue, to say the very least.

Filed Dec 24, 2012 · Brakes · 76,519 miles · CA

I was driving about 35 MPH when the red "brake" word appeared, and the red "service brake system" message came on. Brakes seemed fine, so I continued driving about 3 miles. Stopped at a store. When I came out about 30 minutes later and started the car those light messages did not come on, so I drove toward home about 3 miles away. As I was about 3 blocks from home I drove over a recessed manhole cover in the street and the red brake word, the "service brake system" message came on again when I hit that bump, and also a white "ABS" word. The brakes immediately felt like they were going out as I slowed down to turn a corner ahead. I didn't accelerate any more because the brakes felt unresponsive, so I coasted the rest of the way through the turn and tried to pull over and stop in a space where there were no parked cars, but brakes were not working and I realized I wasn't going slow enough toward a parked car ahead. I was about to swerve back out into the street but pressed the brake down hard all the way and felt it stop like a manual brake, and I stopped before hitting the parked car.

Filed Nov 12, 2012 · Brakes, Engine · 70,000 miles · MI

Multiple problems have been happening for about 10 months now on this vehicle which relates to its safety. I bought this vehicle in fall 2011 from saint clair ford dealership in michigan. In jan of 2012, I was driving home from work via telegraph north around 50mph and near maple road the vehicle suddenly said -there is a theft, bring vehicle to stop safely in the middle of 50mph traffic(this road is very busy)! It was so scary. I was able to bring the vehicle to the shoulder finally. I restarted the vehicle and after about 2 more tries it started driving again and then few days later it happened again. I brought the car in to the dealer at village ford and they replaced some coolant pump ($600) and said it should be ok now. After couple days, this started again. After few weeks I took the car to another ford dealers(suburban ford waterford) and they replaced another cooling parts ($700) but the problem came back after a month again. Recently for the last few weeks, I am getting these serious problems sometimes together and sometimes by themselves at least 2-3 times a day -"theft" and brings vehicle to stop while driving, lf tire and brings vehicle to stop while driving, service soon, service 4x4, wrench light, ABS light, brake light, etc. But the error codes go away when I restart and then something new comes after driving 5 to 6 miles. When I had time to bring the vehicle to the dealer, they said there are no error codes to read. All the error codes get deleted after I turn the vehicle off. This time I got service soon light and service 4x4 light and brakes failed earlier for a while and I showed it to the dealer without turning the vehicle off. We will see if there are any resolutions. This is a very unsafe vehicle.

Filed Oct 8, 2012 · Brakes · 92,981 miles · IL

Six days after purchasing this vehicle used from a dealer, my father lost brakes while driving in town. The ABS light came on and the brakes had to be pushed to the floor. The repair involved replacing the entire hybrid system. The next times the ABS light went off while either he or myself was driving we would apply the brakes to make sure we had proper use of them. We decided not to bring the vehicle back in to be looked at because the ABS light would never stay on and the brakes seemed to be in working order. Also, we did not want be without the vehicle for the lengthy period of time we experienced in january. The next time the vehicle completely lost brakes was september 5, 2012 when my father was driving. This time the traction control and ABS lights went on. Our dealer sent us to the local ford dealer and they wanted nothing to do with helping us out on the repair to have a safe vehicle to drive. We took the ford back to our dealer who ended up putting a new axle on the vehicle and clearing the rest of the codes. I was shocked that I had to buy an axle. It was something to do with a the axle's tone ring being broken and not giving a reading to the speed sensor. The next time my father lost brakes was on september 26, 2012. This time the brakes went to the floor and he had no brakes at all. We had the dealer tow the vehicle this time. The service shop said they cleared the codes and could not get the problem to reproduce. By this time we are both done with this car. I told them I wanted something in writing that the vehicle was safe to drive in case someone got into a accident. They gave me the paperwork stating they could not get the problem to duplicate and the vehicle was operating as intended at this time . The very next day, my father lost brakes while driving to work. Again, we had the dealer tow in the vehicle.