general problems of the 2007 Ford Escape

Abs service system warning came up on my dash along with the brake light and the abs light, immediately after the lights came on the ability to stop and stay stopped vanished.

Abs service light comes on intermittently, when light is on a "service brake system" warning comes across the guage cluster. While this service light is on the Escape has little to no braking and requires upwards of 300ft to stop when going 45mph. Once the vehicle is brought to a stop you can hear the brake system attempting to pressurize but only making a repeated grinding noise directly in front of the driver in the engine bay. Once vehicle is parked and shut off the brakes continue to make the same grinding noise. After allowing the vehicle to sit over night you may get lucky and have fully functioning brakes or you may unlock the door and hear the grinding noise letting you know the abs warning will be illuminated once the car is started. I have currently rear-ended another vehicle while stopped at a red light because no matter how hard I pressed on the brakes my vehicle continued to roll forward into another vehicle. My vehicle passed inspection with zero obdii codes the day I bought the Escape Friday, may 27, 2022. Exactly a week later on June 2, 2022 I experienced severe brake failure and rear ended a 2021 Toyota 4runner. No major damage was caused to either vehicle. Two days later on June 4, 2022 the brake system failed once again causing me to drive my vehicle off the road into the median to avoid an impact at 65mph on interstate I-85. I am a father to my 3 year old daughter, but I am unable to transport my daughter in fear of endangering her life because of a faulty brake system Ford refuses to recall.

On 12/10/21 the accelerator stuck. I had to pull off the road, because I was losing power. But what if it got stuck at a high rate of speed? how would I stop, other than the hand brake and pray that it works. It had happened another time that week, but I thought it was a fluke as the car only has 85000 miles on it. I bought it in sept 2021. It happened again on the 11th. Had my family member look at it and they lubricated the accelerator and a cable in the engine compartment. It has not done it since. Here is the VIN # [xxx]. 12/18/21 drove to church. No problem with anything. No lights on. . . . The dash. Family member left to go home for the afternoon and stated that they almost hit a herd of deer, because the brakes went straight to the floor. They drove back for the evening program, with the same problem. I drove home about 35 miles an hour, and the brake pedal goes straight to the floor. No noise of any kind, no warning, no puddles where the car was parked at church or at home. The brake light is on now. What in the world. This could be fatal. . . Both of these issues. Ford just told me there are no recalls, and then sent me to a survey. They need to look into these issues. . . . Poor customer service in my opinion and could be a fatal situation. Last week was unable to get in for an appointment within a 50 mile radius to get that problem looked at. Not able to be seen till after the new year. . . . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape hybrid. The contact stated that an abnormal, grinding noise would emit from vehicle upon depression of the brake pedal. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic for repair. The contact was informed that the abs module needed to be replaced; the dealer was contacted and parts were ordered for the repair. The dealer sent the parts to the independent mechanic who repaired the vehicle. Recently, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the abs warning light had illuminated on the instrument panel as the grinding noise also returned. The contact also stated that the brake pedal had begun to depress to the floorboard. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired and remained in the possession of the mechanic. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.

Brake system quit working on my Ford Escape hybrid. It is a known broblem. Dealer wants 7000. 00 to fix it. Hydraulic pumps burn out in them. You loose the complete braking system in the car.

I have replaced the abs tone rings in my vehicle 3 times in the last 4 years. Two of the times it broke I was driving the vehicle. I was on a major road when this happened. This part needs to be recalled. There is no reason for it to break this often. To make matters worse it can only be fixed by a Ford dealer because of the computer system.

Broken tone ring right front.

The passenger rear right brake/tail bulb went out, when I went to replace the bulb I found that the socket was burned, very dark brown splotchy areas, and had a distinctive odor. I checked the left, driver side and found that the socket on that brake/tail light was also turning brown at the pin site. It concerns me that I am finding this issue to be a consistent problem around the internet.

Three lights turned on simultaneously, brake, abs, and the "wrench" icon indicating a major failure. Brake pedal went to the floor and I experienced an 80% loss of braking power narrowly avoiding a collision with cars stopped in front of me. Lights remained on and brakes were severely compromised with very little braking ability. Turned the car off. When I restarted the car all systems were operational and all lights were off. Drove the car to a Ford dealer the following day for evaluation. Dealer diagnosed and told me they ran a computer test and no reports. I asked them if they test drove the car, they said no. A week latter the same thing happened and I almost t-boned a car. A very loud sound was coming from the rear of the car. I shut the car off and the system "reset". I was able to drive home but I do not feel safe. I can not get a any Ford dealer to tell me what is going on.

Right front tone ring cracked causing abs to malfunction and inability to brake safely. Part is a very common failure point and Ford should address this issue.

Pulled out of my parking spot and the abs/4wd light came on. Went to dealer and had to replace the cracked front abs ring for the second time.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while trying to accelerate from a complete stop and at various speeds, the gas pedal would stick which had caused the contact to depress the gas pedal with force in order to accelerate. The failure recurred on several ocassions. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000. Sw.

Tone ring cracked on drivers side. Right side was replaced a year ago for 350 dollars. Hello Ford way to stand behind your product.

Started to drive and the abs/4wd light came on. Went to dealer and had to replace the cracked front abs ring. This happened on 27jan2012 and again on 23dec2013.

Had to pay for the replacement tone ring on 06-11-2011 and now its broke again. I think Ford should have a recall for this for safety reasons and not be charging the customer for these repairs.

I knew I needed to have my brakes and rotors done so I took them in to get fixed at meineke. After they were finished they took it for the normal test drive to make sure everything was working correctly. They noticed that the anti-lock brakes came on but the light wasnt coming on. They told me to take it to Ford because they cant handle abs. I took it to Ford and they told me that my front left tone ring was cracked. I paid amlost $350 for a $10 peice to be put on. I drove it for about 3 days and it started to happen again. I have not taken it back because I cant afford to pay $100 just for them to look at it to tell me its the same thing again. Some thing needs to be done about this.

Abs system kicks on and off at random. . . Mechanic discovered faulty left front tone ring, which is cracked on front drive axle. Appears to be a manufacturing error as there was no damage incurred.

I have a 2007 Ford Escape with 33,000 miles. Both abs tone rings on the front axle have cracked and are affecting the abs system. I called Ford and asked if this was a covered warranty claim. Ford gave me a run around. When I google this problem, I located numerous pages of complaints about the same problem (cracked tone rings). This appears to be a safety issue and NHTSA needs to investigate why there are so many failures of this abs part.

Tone ring failure on passenger side front axle. When the ring fails you lose abs and traction control. Failure at 46000 miles. Two weeks later tone ring failure on driver side front axle. The axle must be replaced to repair the tone ring. The repair cost 250. 00 per axle. . Driving with the abs system not working properly can be dangerous, and therefore the axles must be replaced. . I believe these rings are designed and manufactured poorly. . .

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. While approaching a stop sign and engaging the brake pedal he was unable to stop the vehicle. The contact was able to safely drive the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer was unable to diagnose or duplicate the failure. The dealer informed her that they could run a diagnostic test for $85. The contact did not agree to the diagnostic test. The failure mileage 14,000.

Left front "tone ring" failed and locked out the brakes.