2005 Ford Escape Hybrid: ABS light or ABS activating

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 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 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 Jun 29, 2016 · Brakes · 181,000 miles · OH · crash

Intermittent loss of braking over the past 12 months, with the 3rd occurrence resulting in a collision on june 28, 2016 on a city street. Vehicle has had intermittent brake and ABS warning lights with no diagnostic codes, and warning lights eventually reset with no additional action taken. Brake system has been serviced several times without resolution.

Filed Jun 4, 2016 · Brakes · 139,352 miles · MI

In normal driving, with no warning, "brake" and "ABS" warning lights illuminate along with "service brake system" display. Considerable effort is required to slow the vehicle and stopping distance is 2-3 times normal. I ended up in a ditch because I could not stop in time.

Filed Apr 28, 2016 · Brakes · MI

Brake ABS brake light on and brakes do work right, I took it to a dealer and they said some kind of pump is bad and it cost $5000 to fit it. Lots of people having the same problem. I think ford should recall those cars for safety. I don't think no brakes should cost $5000 to fit. I m scare to drive it.

Filed May 8, 2015 · Brakes · 200,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape hybrid. While driving at any speed, the contact would experience a sporadic loss of brake control. The ABS and the brake warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated that the master cylinder failed. The vehicle was repaired however the warning lights continued to illuminated . The mechanic then stated the hydraulic control unit would also have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Mar 26, 2015 · Brakes · 199,231 miles · NJ

First, sporadic loss of brake control; very brief; then, ABS and brakes lights came on. Dash said "service brake system." brought it to local dealer, who said it needs a new master cylinder & hcu.

Filed Feb 26, 2015 · Brakes · 86,000 miles · FL

Driving down the highway with my family, a car swerved into our lane cutting us off. We hit the brakes, the ABS and brake light came on and the brakes only worked when we slammed on them! Had to have the car towed as it was not drivable. Mechanic said it needed a new ABS control module. Ordered that part twice. Took car to car computer specialist - said car was could not be reprogrammed. Bill is now over $2,000 and it has been over 2 weeks. Mechanic called ford (lots of complaints online about this issue). They said they could try to reprogram it, but it could take up to 10 hours and may not work. Ford said the last problem they saw like this didn't work and the owner had to trade in for a new car! Not only could this incident have seriously harmed my family, but now I'm out of a car and $2,000!

Filed Feb 22, 2015 · Brakes · 87,265 miles · IL

I was stopped at a drive thru line my car made a noise I don't know how to describe accurately with words. I looked down and my ABS and brake light were on and the brake service needed was on the dash display. I put the car in park and turned the car off then on. All the same warnings were still there. I pulled forward slowly and when braking I still didn't stop in a reasonable time and almost completely missed the drive thru window. Needless to say a drive home at 10-15mph still felt like I was in danger of hitting someone because I could not judge stopping distance even with my foot applying full pressure on the brakes. From all the information I have found on line this seems a very apparent case of something ford should be making a recall issue of high importance. I am hoping my reporting it here may help in preventing something very dangerous from happening in the future.

Filed Jul 7, 2014 · Brakes · 65,000 miles · OR

While driving, the braking power was lost and the ABS and brake indicators appeared. This has happened several times over the course of the past month. Fortunately I have not been on the highway, but there have been some near misses...accidents narrowly averted. This blog (http://blog.yagelski.com/2010/01/my-ford-escape-hybrid-brake-repair.html) by ken yagelski details his similar saga, and he ended up paying over $7,000 in repair costs. I cannot afford that kind of bill, and I don't feel I should have to pay it when it is a known design flaw. Please help!