Five problems related to abs brake fail have been reported for the 2006 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2006 Escape.
Abs failure. The car brakes may at times lock-up without notice. Transmission failure: the transmission acts as if it's in neutral when in both forward gear or reverse. Transmission appears to be in good repair but this issue persist. This issue appears to occur from a beginning acceleration such as putting car in reverse and accelerating or putting car in drive and accelerating. This also happens when you may be stopped at a traffic light and attempt to proceed only to have the car act as if it's in neutral. This slipping in and out of gear issue seems to only happen from a take off speed.
Tone ring failure on abs brake system on 2006 Ford Escape. Brake fade until computer system notes sensor failure and indicates abs failure light. The system does this for each engine startup--brake fade until error coded out. A cheaply made piece, low parts replacement but expensive mech repair requiring removal of caliper and axle hub. . . . All items that are well rusted into place. An extremely poor design for such an important safety feature.
2006 Ford Escape XLT, c/o left front abs (anit lock braking system) tone ring failure. . . At 94,782 miles on my odo my left front abs tone ring broke completely in-half causing a abs sensor failure and the brakes became temporarily semi-unresponsive for a few seconds ( 3-5 seconds ) when I pressed on the brakes to stop the car. Braking was greatly reduced as if the car thought I was sliding on ice or snow. After the system detected failure ( 3-5 seconds) the abs light came on in my dashboard and the abs system seemed to be deactived by the car. When I got home and took the left front wheel off and inspected my brakes and abs sensor, I noticed the left front abs tone ring was completely rusted, free spinning loosely around the axle and was broken completely on one end. I went onto google and researched this problem and found that many other people have encountered the same problems on their Ford Escapes. I would like this to be investigated as I think that perhaps the abs tone rings Ford used are faulty and could pose a danger to motorist by causing significant loss of braking ability over a few seconds as direct result of the abs tone ring failure. The abs tone ring is replaceable by Ford or you can buy the part at a parts store. Repair does involve removing part of the axle, so it is best done by a mechanic or trained professional.
Abs and 4x4 sensor lights activate and flash on dashboard abs braking fails , sensor rep[laced and went out again after a year. Seems to be a problem with numerous Escapes as found in online search.
I have a 2006 Ford Escape v6 2wd. Both abs tone rings cracked with only 58k miles. This is the same defect that Ford recalled on the 2001-2004 models. This defect causes the abs system to fail and turn off. I have read that the 2005,2007, 2008, and 2009 have the same failures. That means every model from 2001-2008 have had the same defect without being addressed.