Brakes Failed problems of the 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid

While driving at 30 mph on a city street, the power brake system failed. My wife was able to eventually stop the car by pressing down as hard as possible on the brake. Luckily the car stopped just before entering the intersection against a red light. She parked the car and had it towed to the dealer. We were informed that the problem was a faulty electronic brake control module (ebcm. ) we were also informed that an employee at the dealer had the same problem. Both failures were without warning while the vehicle was being operated. Our car has approximately 95,000 miles on it. This is a serious failure of an essential safety system within the vehicle, and appears to not be an isolated incident. I therefore believe that Ford should be required to recall all vehicles subject to this catastrophic failure and repair and/or replace the defective parts at their expense.

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.

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.

In heavy, slow traffic northbound in right lane on I-93 south expressway in boston first saw "check braking systems" message, then engine quit and I had no brakes. Was able to pull over to shoulder and stopped car with the emergency brake. Aaa towed us to hotel, sentry Ford in medford, MA took car from there to dealership service department. They informed me that the brake booster assembly was not covered, since car was about 4 mos. Past warranty. Total bill $1617. 33. (does not include the cost of a 4 day rental car. ) if I had not been in the right lane and in slow traffic, when the brakes failed, I would have been in very serious trouble.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while reversing at low speeds, the brakes failed. The contact experienced the failure previously and the brake module was replaced. The vehicle was recently taken to a dealer for diagnosis where the contact was informed that the entire brake assembly would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 44,000.

When I started the vehicle in my garage on may 7th 2012 there were one audible and three visible alarms - showing a brake failure. I moved forward slightly to see if that was true and there were no brakes. Ford had the vehicle towed in and it took about 10 days to diagnose and repair - a failed pin in a brake signal wire. They replaced the wire. On Sunday 4 August 2013 while driving at about 35 mph I heard a twin chime audible alarm and looked at the dashboard. There was a visible notice - check brakes. When I did - there were no brakes. I was able to stop the car by turning into a side street that was uphill and using the emergency / parking brake. There were 33,000 miles on the vehicle at that point. Ford, once again, had it towed in. Even though I explained carefully in writing what happened, when the repair shop opened on Monday they wrote it up as a repeat of the original failure - so the diagnosis is suspect in my mind. After about 10 days they said it was ready - no failure found but there was some code saved in memory; they reloaded some firmware and test drove it about 20 miles a day for a week. Needless to say, I am concerned every time I drive it. It now has 33, 200 miles on it. Note well - all mileages listed are accurate to within 50 miles.