2005 Ford Escape Hybrid brakes problems

Filed May 31, 2019 · Brakes · 116,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape hybrid. While driving 35 MPH, the brakes failed. The contact had to engage the parking brake to stop the vehicle. Also, the ABS warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to jerry's ford alexandria (6510 little river turnpike, alexandria, va 22312, (703) 256-5000), but the cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 116,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jan 29, 2019 · Brakes · NY

While coming up to a stop sign the brakes stopped working. Luckily there were no cars in front of me as the car continued to roll pass the stop sign. Flooring the brakes caused the car to slow down slowly. I ended up pulling over immediately, turning off the vehicle and inspecting the vehicle. I saw no clear indication of anything being wrong. When I turned back on the vehicle everything was fine, until the same thing happened the next day. I took the car to a few car shops but no one could find anything wrong with it. The car was even taken for a test drive by the mechanic but performed with no problems. One of the shops recommended I replace the master cylinder or the hydraulic control unit but could not guarantee the problem would never occur again. I don't feel comfortable paying so much for a non guaranteed job so unfortunately I am still driving the vehicle and the brakes continues to stop working at random times.

Filed Jan 3, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 45 miles · FL

The ABS control module. Noticed many complaints. Had 1700 dollars of work to fix the issue and the brakes went out on me yesterday. Three weeks after the work. The ABS and brake light came on again and the brakes failed on hwy 19 fl. Pulled over ,turned the car off like what I read online about this type a vehicle, started up and the brakes were back' took it home and parked it. When is ford going to put a recall on this, when someone dies.of course had I known about this defect I would have never purchased it. I have only had it for a little over a month and it has low mileage..

Filed Nov 22, 2018 · Brakes · 122,000 miles · PA

Abs light is on constantly my brakes arent working properly times when it didnt stop had to shift into low gear and pull off to safe spiot I was trying to stop

Filed Sep 17, 2018 · Brakes, Fuel system · 174,109 miles · PA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape hybrid. While driving 30 MPH, the "pull over safely now" warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact stated that the braking system failed to operate as intended. The crash occurred while the contact was en route to coccia ford lincoln inc (located at 577 e main st, wilkes-barre, pa 18702, (570) 823-8888) to have the vehicle repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v526000 (hybrid propulsion system). The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and issued case number: cas-14733790. The approximate failure mileage was 174,109.

Filed Jan 18, 2018 · Brakes · 160,000 miles · VA

Abs and brake light illuminate (with service brake system displayed) and brake pedal goes all the way to the floor. Brakes fail to manual brakes only, very sensitive and will lock the wheels up; touchy with no real feed back, just applied or off with significant pressure required. Happened when pulling into a gas station and nearly went past the pump, but skidded to a stop instead. System resets with each key cycle on/off. It is somewhat intermittent. While waiting for my ford appointment (cavalier ford in chesapeake, va), I duplicated the event several times under a controlled, open parking lot test and drive to the dealership. Dealership ran diagnostics, and could not duplicate. The recommend replacing brake lines, then master cylinder, then hcu. Repairs in order are $615, $1400, and over $4900. Diagnostics ran $130...with no definitive answer to my problem.

Filed Oct 18, 2017 · Brakes, Suspension · 185,000 miles · MI

Shock tower on back passenger side rusting out. Learned of this from dealership 2 weeks ago.

Filed Oct 5, 2017 · Brakes · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (tommie vaughn ford, 1201 n shepherd dr, houston, tx 77008, (713) 869-4661) several times and they were unable to provide a solution. The failure continued. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and a multi-point inspection was performed. The dealer determined that the brake master cylinder and the hcu needed to be replaced. The manufacturer had eight tsbs for the service brakes, hydraulics and one for the service brakes, air. There was no recall campaign. The vehicle was still at the dealer to be serviced with no solution other than replacing the parts. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Jun 13, 2017 · Brakes · 96,000 miles · PA

Brake light beeps and the brakes suddenly go out so that you can barely stop the car.

Filed May 2, 2017 · Brakes · 137,000 miles · AK

While driving down the road, I hear an alarm for "service brake system", and lose all power to my brakes. Pedal is depressed to the floor with minimal ability to stop.