Two problems related to brake disc pads have been reported for the 2008 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2008 Escape.
The breaks continue to fail. Has all new pads, rotors and the master cylender replaced. When coming to a stop the breaks vibrate and then need to push the petal to the floor to be able to slowly slow down. I then need to pump visiously up to 5 times to get the breaks to temporarily work again. Was then told by my mechanic the abs is the issue. I have researched this issue with the yr of my vehicle to find that this is a serious issue with many 08 Ford Escapes and have yet to find a recal for this deady malfunction. My car only has 135000 miles and this is a safety issue that Ford needs to fix with a recall ASAP.
My daughter (who drives the van) complained for 6 months that her abs on her breaks was causing the breaks to let go then grab even at very low speeds. I took the Escape to the dealer for additional tire problems plus an alignment, since the tires had cupped, and was told that nothing was wrong with the breaks. After continued problems I had new breaks installed at an express breaks place in south part of kansas city, KS. They also inspected the abs and found nothing wrong. But the problem continued with additional loud squealing. Finally I took it to bob allen Ford in overland park, KS. Where they charged me $652. 17 for replacing the broken rf tone ring(s), unfroze the front end alignment bars (or something like that) then put another set of brake pads on, turned the rotors then did another alignment. They said that the express brake place had failed to turn the rotors that the brand-new brakes were eaten up. The Escape has 53k miles on it but we have been having this problem for over a year. In addition, I was forced to put new tires on prior to all of this because two of the factory tires had cupped and all of them had turned to (something like) plastic causing them to skid and slide on take off and on stopping, creating a very dangerous potential for my daughter. I kept the old tires. The replaced tires are almost new with little tread wear. Note: that I tried to also add a complaint about the tires but that section demanded information that I couldn't provide therefore it simply refused the entire complaint.