2010 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS AND THE CONDITION CONTINUED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILING TO RESPOND WHEN APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CONDITION WAS COMMON AND THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEED SUDDENLY REDUCED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

THE CAR STALLS AT LOW SPEED, SUCH AS STOPPED AT LIGHT OR SLOWING WAY DOWN TURNING INTO DRIVE WAY, CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF, I PUT IN PARK AND RESTART THE CAR. CAN NOT EVER TELL WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. NOW THE CAR IS JERKING AS I AM DRIVING IT AT SPEEDS OF 40-45 MPH AND 60-65 MPH. IT SEEMS TO SLIP OR MISSING SHIFTING AND JERKS VERY HARD. ARE THESE TWO THINGS RELATED?. I TOOK IT INTO DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO DO THAT THERE, WHILE RUNNING IT WHILE UP ON THE LIFT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS ISSUE IF I CAN NOT GET IT TO DO THE SAME THING WHILE AT DEALERSHIP AND I CAN NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING IT. IF THIS IS GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING, I DO NOT WANT THE CAR ANYMORE AND THE DEAL WILL NEED TO TAKE IT BACK.

POWERSTEERING LIGHT CAME ON, POWER STEERING FAILED. RESET BY TURNING CAR OFF, THEN RESTART... DID THIS MORE THAN 4 TIMES. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING HOME TO PA FROM NC ON VACATION, MY HUSBAND WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE LOST ALL USE OF THE GAS PEDAL (IT APPEARED TO HAPPEN AS THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING GEARS AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON). OUR VEHICLE SLOWLY BEGAN LOSING SPEED AND WE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH CARS TRAVELING 65-70MPH AROUND US. ONCE PULLED OFF, WHILE APPLYING THE BREAK, THE VEHICLE STALLED. HE STARTED THE VEHICLE UP AGAIN WITH A ROUGH START...WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY. AFTER READING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS, WE ARE UNSURE WHY FORD WOULD NOT ISSUE A RECALL. WE CALLED OUT DEALERSHIP TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND WERE TOLD THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES INVOLVING THE THROTTLE BODY...I HAVE AN APPT FOR MONDAY 8/4. *TR

I WAS TURNING A CORNER WHEN THE CAR CHIMED THREE TIMES. I THOUGHT PERHAPS MY WIFE HAD FAILED TO BUCKLE HER SEAT BELT. I ASKED HER AND SHE SAID NO, SHE HAD. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE DASHBOARD HAD A RED INDICATOR OF A BRAKE FAILURE AND INSTEAD OF THE MILEAGE IT SAID "CHECK BRAKES". WHEN I DID THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE - ONLY BY PUMPING REALLY HARD COULD I STOP THE CAR. I DROVE ABOUT A MILE HOME CAREFULLY. THIS IS THE FOURTH BRAKE FAILURE. I WILL NEVER DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. *TR

THE STEERING STOPS WITH NO WARNING. IT FIRST HAPPENED IN 2011 WITH 27,259 MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE POWER STEERING COLUMN/MODULE ASSY. IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID OUR CAR WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL AND THEY COULDN'T GET THE CODE TO COME UP SO THEY DID NOTHING! THIS LAST TIME, MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING! *TR

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY IN AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE WHEN I HEARD A DOUBLE ALARM SOUND. I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND IT HAD A RED BRAKE SYMBOL AND TEXT THAT SAID CHECK BRAKES. I TRIED THEM AND THERE WAS NOTING THERE. I PROCEEDED VERY SONLY TO A SPOT AND PULLING AT A CRAWL. I PUMPED THE BRAKES MANY TIMES AND STOPPED THE CAR. AFTER A WHILE I STARTED IT AGAIN AND THERE WAS BRAKE WARNING - I DROVE IT VERY SLOWLY TO THE STREET AND CALLED FORD AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK. IT IS IN THE DEALERS NOW. THIS IS THE THIRD BRAKE FAILURE - I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFELY AND THAT OF PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

DRIVING ON ONRAMP TO HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 30 MPH, ALARMS SOUNDED AND ABS LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, AND SERVICE BRAKES WARNING CAME UP. ALARM SOUNDED ABOUT EVERY 5 MIN ON WAY TO DESTINATION. LOST BRAKES ALMOST COMPLETELY. HAD TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR FOR ANY STOPPING POWER. PROBLEM GOES AWAY AFTER RESTART OF ENGINE, BUT RETURNS WHEN DRIVING. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 6 MONTHS AGO AND DEALERSHIP REPLACED BRAKE PEDAL. WORKED FINE FOR 6 MONTHS, BUT NOW EXACTLY SAME THING OCCURRING. NOW SCARED TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

PARKED THE VEHICLE IN MY DRIVEWAY. OPENED THE REAR WINDOW TO GET AN ITEM FROM THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE. CLOSED THE WINDOW, AND THE WINDOW EXPLODED AND THE GLASS SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES INSIDE MY VEHICLE AND ALL OVER MY DRIVEWAY. MOST OF THE GLASSES REMAIN INTACT ON THE WINDOW BUT WAS ONLY BARELY HANGING. THE SHATTERED PIECES CAME MAINLY FROM BOTH SIDES. IT HAPPENED AROUND 5:20PM AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 30 DEGREE. *TR