2006 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

THROTTLE BODY CONTINUOUSLY STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT MOVE IN TRAFFIC OR WHEN DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A TURN AND VEHICLES ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK CAUSING AN ACCIDENT

THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER IS RUSTING AWAY AND IS ABOUT TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE FRAME I READ ONLINE THAT FORD RECALLED ALMOST 400,00 VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

BRAKES FAILED AT 10 MPH. ALL BRAKE LIGHTS SYSTEM ON DASH TURNED ON. BRAKE WAS HARD AND UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPROACHING STOP SIGN. BRAKES THEN RELEASED AND GOT SOFT AND WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. HYDRAULIC CYLINDER UNIT FAILED & MASTER CYLINDER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS APPROACHING A MAJOR INTERSECTION IF BRAKES FAILED A FEW SECONDS LATER MAY HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING AND PARKING, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. A WARNING LIGHT CAME UP ON THE DASH BOARD SAYING STOP NOW. POWER STEERING FAIL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING (NOT BRAKING) THE CAR ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASH ALONG WITH THE MESSAGE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" AND A PING SOUND. WHEN BRAKES WERE NEXT APPLIED THEY HAD BECOME VERY SOFT AND NOT AS RESPONSIVE. I PULLED INTO A SAFE AREA AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR WAS RESTARTED AND ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED LIGHTS AND MESSAGES WERE GONE AND THE BRAKES WERE WORKING CORRECTLY. CONTINUED TO DRIVE AGAIN AND THE MESSAGE DIDN'T REOCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON BOTH HIGHWAYS AND RURAL ROADS AND ALWAYS FIXED BY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND LETTING IT SIT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE PROBLEMS DON'T INITIATE WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY BRAKING. TOOK THE CAR TO OUR FORD DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST. THE REPORT THEY GAVE US SAID " VERIFIED CUSTOMERS CONCERN. RETRIEVE CODA 1524, 1526. BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL SENSOR RELATED. ALSO RETRIEVE CODES FOR TRACTION BATTERY COOLING FANS." THE SERVICE DEPT RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER (AT A COST OF $2078.95) AND THE HYBRID BATTERY COOLING FANS (AT A COST OF $716.99).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION, IT ROLLED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V606000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

WHILE DRIVING, A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON STATING " SAFELY PULL OVER AND STOP NOW", THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT, NO POWER AT ALL. I PULLED OVER AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES RESTART IT. EVERYTHING SOUNDED FINE. I TALK TO A FORD DEALER WHOM SEEM NOT TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT. I HAVE AN ENGINE CODE P1A0C (ETB), FROM MY ACTRON@ DEVICE. I STARTED TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH ISSUE AND THE SOLUTIONS GIVING BY THE DEALER'S SERVICE HAVE BEEN ALL DIFFERENT I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THEM FIXED THE ISSUE. SOME HAVE STATED THAT THEIR VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED AT THE GAS STATION AFTER I GOT GAS AND PUT AIR IN THE TIRES. AS I SLOWLY CAME TO A ROLL MY BACK WINDOW EXPLODED IN THE GAS STATION PARKING LOT. SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES. IT'S ALL OVER THE GROUND AT THE GAS STATION AND THE TINY PIECES ARE ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BARELY IN MOTION AS I HAD NOT EXITED THE GAS STATION PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION. THE CONTACT NOTICED HOLES INSIDE THE SHOCK AND BRACKET. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. IN PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES I WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPERS FROZE UP AND THAT THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WOULD NEVER RECORD THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK OR AT TIMES ENGAGE THE BRAKES. I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL BUT I KNOW THIS VEHICLE DID HAVE ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. UPON IMPACT IT APPEARED I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON. I HAVE DRIVEN DOWN THAT CITY ROAD THOUSANDS OF TIMES BUT IT APPEARED THIS TIME THERE WAS A ISSUE WITH HE VEHICLE THAT CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. INJURIES WERE AIRBAG RELATED. *TR