2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID Complaints

DRIVING CAR AND BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. HAD TO JUMP ON THE BRAKES TO GET ANY TRACTION WHATSOEVER. WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. YELLOW ABS AND RED BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON, ALONG WITH MESSAGES OF CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM AND REGEN BRAKES DISABLED. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ESCAPE HYBRID THAT IT IS THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT - A PART TO REPAIR WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH.

BREAKS FAILED..FORD DEALER SAID NEEDS A NEW HYDROLIC UNIT ETC FOR $5200.00!! FOUND INFO ONLINE THAT SHOWS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL!!! BIG SAFETY PROBLEM.. PLEASE RESPOND..HELP

THE BRAKES ON OUR 2006 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID BEGAN GRINDING AROUND FEBRUARY 2016. WE HAD THE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED AND IT BRAKED BETTER, BUT WITHIN A MILE AFTER LEAVING THE FORD SERVICE CENTER THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND SHORTLY AFTER - WHILE MOVING - THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. WE HAD TO COAST TO A STOP AND PULL OVER. WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND TURNED ON AND OFF, YOU CAN SOMETIMES GET THE BRAKES TO WORK FOR LESS THAN A MILE. ITS SO UNSAFE, WE HAD IT TOWED TO SERVICE CENTERS FOR ESTIMATES. TWO FORD DEALERS AND ONE OTHER SERVICE PLACE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM THOROUGHLY AND ALL CAME BACK SAYING THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT MUST BE REPLACED AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $4,500. OTHERWISE, WE LIKE THE CAR, BUT THIS ONE REPAIR IS GREATER THAN THE BLUE BOOK VALUE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.

I HEARD A LOUD CLUNKY FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL, LOUDER WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. UPON INSPECTION I OBSERVED THE ENTIRE WHEEL WELL WAS MISSING IT'S PROTECTIVE COATING AND FLAKING RUST/CORROSION WAS EVERYWHERE WITH EXPOSED WHITE FIBERGLASS SHEETING VISIBLE THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK IS EXPOSED, MISSING BOLTS AND WITH THE BRACKET MISSING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CARE (LEFT REAR) DOES NOT EXHIBIT THIS RUST. WITH PALPATION OF THE RIGHT RUSTED REAR WELL A PERSON CAN MOVE THE REMAINING PIECES. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND CAN NOT IMAGINE WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL AS OTHER REVIEWS ONLINE DESCRIBE THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD: NO ASSISTANCE OR RECALL AS OF THIS DATE. I RESIDE IN WISCONSIN AND TOOK CARE TO REMOVE UNDERBODY SALT TO NO AVAIL, EVIDENTIALLY.

VEHICLE STALLED DURING ACCELERATATION. THEN WENT IDLE AND WENT INTO SAFETY MODE IN TRAFFIC. PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY CONSUMER SATISFACTION ALERT # 13NO3 CODES P2135,P2110,P2111

FORD MEC PUMP RECALL, DID NOT HELP AFTER REPLACING PART. MY ESCAPE DIED ON ME WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, WITH MY 18-MONTH OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE APPEARED AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET OVER 3 LANES ONTO THE SHOULDER BEFORE IT STOPPED COMPLETELY, WITH CARS SPEEDING RIGHT PAST ME. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. IT HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. THIS WAS DURING THE LAST HALF OF JUST A 20 MILE TRIP.

THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS VERY IRRITATING BECAUSE MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON AT WEIRD TIMES AND TO FIX THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME $4500. THAT'S RIDICULOUS I CAN'T AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT ALSO JUST STARTED SPITTING GAS OUT AT ME WHEN I GO TO FILL IT UP. DID IT TO ME TWICE THE OTHER DAY AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REASONING WAS FOR THAT NEVER HAD HAPPEN BEFORE. THEN WHEN I GO TO DROVE OFF SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE LIKES TO MAKE A POP NOISE ONCE OR TWICE NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. THESE CARS ARE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THEN THEY ARE WORTH.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. RESTARTED AND POWER STEERING WOULDN'T WORK. YELLOW WRENCH WARNING, AND POWER STEERING LISTED ON FAULT INDICATOR. WILL TAKE TO DEALER.

CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR CARPORT OVERNIGHT (12/24-25, 2015). WHEN I CAME OUT THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. MOST OF THE GLASS WAS OUTSIDE THE CAR, PERHAPS 5 PERCENT WAS INSIDE. NO FALLEN BRANCHES, NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY, NONE OF OUR OTHER CARS WERE DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. I LOOKED UP AND FOUND THAT SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF "RANDOM REAR WINDOW EXPLOSION" HAD BEEN REPORTED ON FORD ESCAPES, AND THAT THERE WAS AN ACTIVE NHTSA INVESTIGATION HAPPENING, SO I WANTED TO ADD OUR INCIDENT TO THE LIST.

2006 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTOR ELECTRONICS COOLANT PUMP RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING, WHEN SHE LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL 3 14V526000. *JB