2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID Complaints

SEE ATTACHED REPAIR INVOICE # 68143 DATED 01/04/2018. LANDMARK FORD TUALATIN, OR 97281 DEFECTIVE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY COOLING FANS & DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY ASSY PAID INVOICE AMT $2208.95. *JS

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL HAS TO BE PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AT THIS POINT THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. *TT UPDATED 9/12/18*JB

I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN MY CAR BASICALLY SHUT DOWN AND TOLD ME TO "PULL OVER SAFELY". A RED TRIANGLE (WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINT IN THE CENTER) APPEARED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD ALONG WITH THE "PULL OVER SAFELY" MESSAGE AND A CHIMING/ALERT SOUND. THIS WAS ON LABOR DAY, SO THE HIGHWAY WAS INCREDIBLY BUSY AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CROSS OVER LANES AND "PULL OVER SAFELY". ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THIS MESSAGE APPEARS, IT PRETTY MUCH SHUTS DOWN YOUR CAR, NOT ALLOWING YOU TO ACCELERATE AT ALL WHICH ALSO MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET OVER. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER, TURNED OFF MY CAR AND THEN RESTARTED IT. THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK. NO ADDITIONAL MESSAGES OR PROBLEMS...YET. I PROBABLY HAD TO DRIVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILES OR SO HOME WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL MESSAGES SHOWING UP. THIS SERIOUSLY FRUSTRATED ME AS I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO FIND MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE CAUSED FOR A DIFFERENT REASON FOR EACH PERSON. I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT GENIUS AT FORD THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO INCORPORATE THAT FEATURE INTO THE VEHICLE. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SCARY SITUATION AND PUT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF, THOSE IN MY CAR, AND THE CARS AROUND ME AT A SERIOUS RISK FOR OUR SAFETY. IN ADDITION, IT IS VERY HARD TO FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN MY CAR NOW, AS I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN OR WHAT WILL PROMPT IT.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, MY CAR SHUT DOWN, AND I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO STOP ON THE SHOULDER. IT WOULDN'T START AT FIRST, THEN I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED AND DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY JUST FINE. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. APPARENTLY THE THROTTLE BODY HAS A DEFECT GETTING OPEN OR CLOSED, CODES P2111 AND P2112, RESPECTIVELY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE A RECALL HASN'T BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS BY FORD. I WAS ALREADY VICTIM OF ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE MEP FAILING THAT CAUSED THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN, COMPLETE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. WHAT KIND OF JOKE FOR A SAFE VEHICLE IS THIS? I'M ABHORRED AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD, AND I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE I SPEAK TO KNOWS HOW MUCH FORD DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

I WAS APPROACHING A T-INTERSECTION AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL RESISTED MY FOOT PRESSURE AND I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. I MANAGED TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND SPOTTED A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS. THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN FAILED TO WORK WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, BUT I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.. ONLY, THIS TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOD, WITH NO BRAKING EFFECT TO THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME, UNLIKE THE FIRST, 2 BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS (ABS & BRAKES!) ILLUMINATED ON THE DRIVER'S CONSOLE. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, AND THE INDICATORS HAD DISAPPEARED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD NORMAL RESISTANCE TO MY FOOT PRESSURE AND THE BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. I CALLED A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS A 'GLITCH', AND SAID IT WAS MOST LIKELY A SENSOR OR SOME OTHER COMPUTER MALFUNCTION, BUT THAT NO WORK DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COVERED SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WANTING MORE INFORMATION, I LOCATED A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.COM THAT SHOWS ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VIDEO IS SEARCHABLE AND IS FOUND UNDER THE TITLE OF 'FORD ESCAPE HYBRID BRAKE PROBLEM'. I SEARCHED FOR ANY RECALLS FOR THIS SAME VEHICLE'S VIN, BUT FOUND NONE LISTED. WHAT CAN BE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMER, ESPECIALLY IF THOSE VIDEO COST ESTIMATIONS ARE CORRECT?

HYBRID MEC PUMP FAILURE: MY VEHICLE HAD THE MEC HYBRID COOLANT PUMP FAILURE THAT IS COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE. MY PARTICULAR VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LARGE SCALE RECALL UNDERTAKEN BY FORD. I HAD THE PUMP REPLACED BY A FORD DEALER IN 2011, AND THEN AGAIN IN 2012 AFTER A SECOND FAILURE. THIS COST ME OVER $3000 IN TOTAL. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IT SHOULD BE.

REHAN BRAKE FAILURE NO WARNING WONT STOP OR GO AWAY TRUCK IS NOT ABLE TO MOVE NO BRAKES AT ALL MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT OTHER 2006 FAILURE AND FORD SAYS THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WONT DO ANYTHING FOR CONSUMERS BOUGHT A 2008 AND SAME THING IS NOW HAPPENING WITH 08 HYBRID

I BOUGHT A 10 YEAR OLD 2006 ESCAPE HYBRID WITH 73,000 MILES. AFTER 4,000 MILE THE ABS LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND THE BRAKES WOULD GO INTO MANUAL MODE AND THE WARNING LIGHTS READ CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM AND REGEN DISENAGED. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CAR STILL DID STOP WITH MORE BRAKE PRESSURE. WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE ERROR CODES AND GAVE US BACK THE CAR. THEY STATED THIS WAS PER THE FORD CORPORATE STANDARDS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES DESPITE THE ERROR CODES. ABOUT 6 WEEKS LATER THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AND KEPT HAPPENING. HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL IS SOFT AND WE ARE NOT CONFIDENT IT WILL STOP EVERY TIME AS IT DID BEFORE. WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER. NOW FORD HAS DIAGNOSED AN ISSUE WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER, HCU AND ABS COMPUTER ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR $8100 (I ONLY PAID $7500 FOR THE CAR). SINCE FORD ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN CALIBRATE THE ABS COMPUTER WE CANNOT GET THE REPAIR CHEAPER ELSEWHERE. FORD WILL DO NOTHING BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD.

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE,(VEHICLE IS STATIONARY) THE ABS LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON. THE BRAKES GO INTO A SAFETY MODE, AND DON'T WORK UNLESS YOU PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I CAN ALMOST ROLL DOWN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED DOWN ALL OF THE WAY. MY DRIVEWAY HAS A SLIGHT ANGLE TO IS. NOT MUCH OF AN ANGLE THOUGH. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO GO OUT OR NOT.

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