Brake Master Cylinder Problems of Ford Escape Hybrid

While coming up to a stop sign the brakes stopped working. Luckily there were no cars in front of me as the car continued to roll pass the stop sign. Flooring the brakes caused the car to slow down slowly. I ended up pulling over immediately, turning off the vehicle and inspecting the vehicle. I saw no clear indication of anything being wrong. When I turned back on the vehicle everything was fine, until the same thing happened the next day. I took the car to a few car shops but no one could find anything wrong with it. The car was even taken for a test drive by the mechanic but performed with no problems. One of the shops recommended I replace the master cylinder or the hydraulic control unit but could not guarantee the problem would never occur again. I don't feel comfortable paying so much for a non guaranteed job so unfortunately I am still driving the vehicle and the brakes continues to stop working at random times.

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Car passed safety inspection in may 2018. Brake pads were replaced in may 2017. On the highway when my brakes failed in June 2018. Was going about 55 mph. Had car towed. Problem was diagnosed as a master cylinder failure. Told since the brake fluid resevoir was full and no obvious signs of leakage, this couldn't be predicted or prevented. Repair made. Brakes failed again. I was on a city street and was going about 25 mph. Problem diagnosed as a DE-linking of the computer systems. Brakes failed again (third time in a month). Unable to replicate. There is no warning. The warning comes on at the same time as the failure. Brakes fail unexpectedly in a parking lot. Going about 2 mph. . Third time car was in a parking lot. I feel fortunate not to have crashed. I no longer feel safe in my Ford escape.

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Vehicle was failing to stop when brakes applied. Codes came back from dealer that hcu and master cylinder needs to be replaced $7100 which is more than the vehicle is worth. Other year modes have been recalled and should be included in the recall.

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-vehicle abs (anti-lock brake system) light came on and dash said �check brake system� and �regen brakes disabled�. Thank goodness I was parked when the issue occurred and when I tried to drive away, I was able to test the braking ability and quickly turned the car back off. -grinding noise when depressing the brake pedal. Sound came from front of car after car was turned off -was able to start car properly after 4+ attempts and waiting 15-20 minutes -this was an intermittent problem that could have reoccurred at any time (extremely dangerous) -contacted the manufacturer (Ford) to explain the issue and how (at the time) there were 80+ similar issues reported to NHTSA. -cost quotes ranged from $4,800-$7,000 to replace hcu (hydraulic control unit), master cylinder, abs module replacement -this is a manufacturer's defect in the braking system (dtc c1478) and extremely dangerous. Vehicle should be recalled -when contacted, Ford did not offer any assistance and seemed to not care about the issue -- I will never buy another Ford again -Ford was aware of issue (ssm 45870) and chose to do nothing ("some 2005-2008 escape/mariner hybrid vehicles may experience the abs warning indicator illuminated with the following diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) c1478, c1479, c1480 or c1481. Refer to workshop manual (wsm), section 206-09 inspection and verification procedure under diagnosis and testing. If no faults are identified while performing the inspection and verification procedure and before replacing the abs hydraulic control unit (hcu) verify the caliper flex hoses are thoroughly inspected for damage, internal restrictions or swelling. Damaged caliper flex hoses can generate these pressure control plausibility dtcs. ").

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With frequent breaking I get break lights warning sign/sound and occasional abs sign/sound. If that occurs, my breaks sink to the floor needing an extra effort to stop the car. Upon turning the engine off and then on, the problem disappears. However the light come again during a frequent breaking in a rush hour traffic. This situation become quite scary and I am afraid of loosing control of the vbehicle and cause an accident. On perusing thru the internet, I fount that many other owners of Escape Hybrid 2005 on experience the same problems and are advised to change the master cylinder and hydraulic control unit with a cost in excess o $7000. 00. That the estimate given to me an many other Escape Hybrid owners. There needs to be a recall on this issues before people start dying, just from the driver's panic reaction alone. Ford CO. So far refuses to issue a recall or address this problem from the top management. Since my invoice includes personal information, I suggest you contact len stoler Ford directly.

Electro-hydraulic brake (ehb) system had a leak in the master cylinder and the abs brakes engaged while driving causing the brakes to smoke.

A b s brakes quit working after a hard stop in a parking lot to avoid hitting another vehicle, after the Ford dealership had the escape for4 months and in constant contact with the manufactor with a result of replacing themaster cylinder, travel sensorand numerous containers of brake fluid they were still unable to get any brakes. At this point the manufactor decided it needed a a b s module, total parts only were totalling over $6000. 00. It is a 2007 year model with only 115000 miles ran and look great. After reserch on line I saw I was not the only person with this same issue. I think Ford should have a recall because this is a saftey issue.

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Was driving down highway 35 in downtown dallas when coming down hill went to hit brakes and brakes went all the way to the floor an we had no brakes. Information center was showing that brakes had been disabled and I pumped the brakes and was able to slow car down enough to keep from colliding with car in front of us. Limped home in car with no brakes at times pulled over in parking lot turned car off an upon turning it back on car reset itself an we had brakes for a small amount of time because incident occurred again. Took car to dealership an was told the abs hcu was bad an needed to be replaced which is a 4500 part and we had just bought the car a week before. Ford needs to be forced to recall these vehicles because in other forums other drivers are experiencing same issues with brake lines and master cylinders and this part the abs hcu.

Driving down a major blvd. 4 lights turned on simultaneously, brake, abs, traction control 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 as I limped to the nearest repair shop 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 a compromised battery as the source of failure and replaced the battery. Dealer service rep denied this problem had anything to do with hydraulic control unit as other reports mention with the exact same symptoms on your site, as well denied problems with the master cylinder or regenerative braking system. The battery didn't explain the problem to me, why then did the car continue to drive normally for a while following the failure before the battery was replaced? even if this is the problem, no battery light indicated a problem prior to failure. Am I to expect brake failure to be what announces my battery might be in need of replacement? no fail safe mechanism appears to be in place on this vehicle. Treacherous. I'll likely sell the car as I don't want my less experienced 16 yr old to be confronted with this issue. I was lucky to have left plenty of following distance, without which I most certainly would have become the victim of an accident.

I pressed on the brake peddle. It was very loose and depressed easily about 1 inch, then stopped abruptly and held firm without slowing the car at all. After pressing down harder without being able to budge the brakes, I lifted and reapplied the brakes. This time they worked. The same thing happened again a coupe days later. I took it in to the Ford dealer and they told me the abs module and master cylinder needed to be replaced. From my research, faulty master cylinder and abs module are common for this vehicle.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the abs, brake and regenerative lights all illuminated as the brake pedal became stiff and spongy. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the hydraulic control unit would need to be replaced. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the master cylinder would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 40,000.

The check brake system message appears in message system on 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, with the accompanying brake warning symbol light coming on. The brake pedal seems to lose some pressure in the pedal and goes further to the floor. The brake fluid reservoir is full, so the brake fluid is not low. This has happened on and off now for the last few days. I had a brake job done on the rear brakes 2 months ago, and the dealership says the front brakes are fine. They recommend replacing the master cylinder for 1300 dollars, and then state that it might not solve the problem and they would then have to replace a control module for about 4500 to 5000 dollars. I noticed online that a lot of people seem to be having this same problem with the Ford Escape Hybrid from 2005 to 2006, and they are incurring the same costly repair. Some of them complained about losing power to the braking system.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while the vehicle was being serviced by a dealer, the dealer stated that the master cylinder needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 79,000. The VIN was unknown.

The abs system has been getting disabled intermittently and the check break light has been coming on. Breaks have not been working properly resulting in my vehicle going to far into an intersection when trying to stop at stoplights. Thankfully no accidents have occur yet. Took it to a dealership and they told me I needed a new master cylinder. Another place did a diagonostic on it and told me that the master cylinder is fine and the alarms are being set off because the battery ports were corroded. They cleaned them, cleared the codes. A few days later the alarms were coming back on again.

My brakes have a very hard pedal from time to time. Requiring me to pump the brakes to stop. My Ford dealer tells me it is the master cylinder and it will cost $3000. 00 to repair. They also state that they are not sure this will fix the problem. (remember this is a hybrid and brakes are different) second issue is the electric drive train does not allow the engine to shut down under 30 mph like it is supposed to due under 30 mph. At times this requires extra breaking because the engine does not idle down like it should. Ford seems to be aware of these problems. I found several complaints on the web describing the same problems. It seems Ford has done very little to assist the customers, or to correct the problem.

I just bought a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid. The service break system light and message came on Monday, the 2nd time I drove it, on the way to work. I stopped at a gas station but it turned off. Next morning, same thing so I checked fluids. It was off again the rest of that day. Lit up again Wednesday. I made it that evening to a service station before they closed (very rural area). The warnings were not on and he could not see anything obvious on preliminary inspection but said to bring in in the morning if the warning was back. Thursday it acted funny on my driveway. The next curve I found out why, no breaking power even with the extremely stiff and difficult pedal to the floor. I finally got it to a stop way past the crazy ride around the curve. I stopped to calm myself and decide if it was possible to get to town. I decided the e-brake seemed to stop it if I kept it very slow. So I proceeded to town-not to a Ford dealer because of some very scary big hills, but instead to the service station who I trust. He was booked a week and a half and he didn't know if his computer had the hybrid programming to check it. So I had to tow it 63m to the dealer I got it from, thinking they would stand by it or it would be covered by the "drivetrain plus" service agreement I purchased to cover any scary priced repairs that crop up on older cars. It was sold as-is, and iowa has no lemon law apparently, the plan I purchased sounds like it won't cover it, and they offered me a measly 10% off the bill that is about half again what I paid for the car. I got to drive my new used car 4 1/2 times. All I can do is thank my lucky stars my kids weren't in the car, there wasn't a car near me, I wasn't coming down one of the steep and curvy river bluffs on my way to or from work, or any number of other scary scenarios that could have been. Faliure of the brake system's hydraulic control unit hcu and master cylinder is extremely dangerous and a design flaw many have experienced.

2008 Ford hybrid escape, 26,000k miles on it. The abs, regenerative brakes failed while putting the car into reverse leaving only manual brakes working. The emergency lights came on identifying regenerative brake failure. The car was towed to the dealer and when turned on the issue couldn't be replicated initially and appeared to working fine. The technician did tests and found the master cylinder was failing. I had the car taken back to the dealer I purchased it from to have it repaired and again the warning lights didn't come on and they couldn't find the issue. I left the car with them to look at and they drove it around testing it when the brakes suddenly failed again while a technician was driving it on the road. They ordered a new master cylinder which hopefully will address the issue.

2005 Escape Hybrid brake failure. I tried to stop and brakes only went half way down. I released and pushed again, had to use emergency brake to stop otherwise I would have gone through a store front window. Took to Ford dealer and found out it was the master cylinder/solenoid. Per Ford's technical service bulletin 0585 issued 8/5/05, this is a known issue corrected by installing a revised master cylinder. This could have killed me and the people inside the business. If this is a known, very dangerous problem, there should be a recall.

In September 2009 I had to have the abs tone ring on drivers side replaced because I was having issues where breaks would "slip" when breaking- they would engage for a bit then slip and re-engage. This issue didn't prove to be dangerous for me, but could have been. The end of may I began having the same issues again and I knew what the problem was so I took it into dealer where they replaced the passenger side abs ring- problem seemed to be solved. Until the next day when I was driving home from work on the highway and lost my breaks completely- less than 24 hours after they had serviced the breaks. Had car towed to dealer where they informed me that the master cylinder was bad and needed replaced- for $1400. This is not something that I believe I can wear unusually so that it would go bad like this, and so suddenly. It was an extremely dangerous situation it put me into where I was unable to stop my car without the use of the emergency brakes. I do not understand how the Toyota break issues were recalled but this one has not been, it seems after searching the internet that this is not an uncommon problem with the Ford Escape Hybrids. I feel let down by whatever agency it is that should be regulating this issue and by Ford who until now I thought was a respectable corporation.

We have experienced an unusual problem with the braking system in out 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. There have been may episodes of the yellow abs and the red brake warning lamp lighting up and the alarm sounding over the past year. This would happen for a couple of days and then after shutting-off the vehicle and restarting, the brakes returned to normal operation. We spoke with the service department at our dealership about this and because the warning light wasn't on at the time, they said there was nothing they could do to detect the problem. The last time this happened the brakes reverted to fail safe mode requiring a "pedal to the floor" effort to slow the vehicle to a safe stop luckily while pulling into our driveway . After this we had the car towed to the dealer and were told we needed a new "hcu" unit and master cylinder with a total repair cost of $4k+. I decided to do some research and discovered many cases of the exact same thing happening with the same year and model escape. We are going to wait a few days to think before moving forward with the repair.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (tommie vaughn Ford, 1201 n shepherd dr, houston, TX 77008, (713) 869-4661) several times and they were unable to provide a solution. The failure continued. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and a multi-point inspection was performed. The dealer determined that the brake master cylinder and the hcu needed to be replaced. The manufacturer had eight tsbs for the service brakes, hydraulics and one for the service brakes, air. There was no recall campaign. The vehicle was still at the dealer to be serviced with no solution other than replacing the parts. The failure mileage was not available.

In sept 2009 I experienced complete & unexpected brake failure in my 08 Ford escape. I was able to nurse the car to the dealership. The dealer told me that the brake pedal travel sensor circuit failed which they said was part of the master cylinder. I was told no operator error, just a defective part. The dealer also told me they couldn't just replace the travel sensor circuit, they had to replace the entire master cylinder which ended up costing me $1530. 63. My safety was totally jeopardized-I was just lucky I didn't get into an accident and wasn't on freeway when brakes failed. This was equipment that shouldn't have failed for years, if ever, especially not in a car with only 40569 miles on it. I was without my car for 5 days and had to cancel client meetings and rent a car. I tried to contact Ford to have them reimburse me for parts/labor ($1530. 63)but was told they wouldn't/couldn't do that even though this was not operator error, but a Ford defect.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while reversing the vehicle the brakes failed. He was able to prevent a vehicle crash by using the parking break to stop. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, in which a technician concluded that the master cylinder needed to be replaced at and expense of 1,200. 00 . He contacted the manufacturer and was offered an $800. 00 discount. He had the component repaired at an expense of $400. 00 the failure mileage was 41,000. The current mileage is 42,000. Updated 09/23/09 updated 09/29/09.

2008 Ford hybrid escape previously had a master cylinder replaced by the dealership and the tone ring as a result of brake failure. Yesterday the brakes failed again this time the abs system was found to be faulty. The mechanic at the Ford dealership admitted that this was not a wear and tear issue, but a complete part failure that involved the abs system. The part is supposed to be replaced, but I will have it retained. The vehicle is only 3 years only and has less than 30,000 miles on it. This is the 3rd issue of brake failure in this vehicle and the dealership has continued to attempt to make fixes to no avail.

My wife's 2007 is back in the dealership now for the fifth time with major abs/brake system failures in the past year. This weekend while my wife was driving, it started to shake so violently she had to pull off the road and almost hit the car in front of her. She is deathly afraid to drive it any more and we would just like to get rid of it. Here is a brief summary of the brake issues this year: 1. At 17,760 miles 2/1/08 the "service brakes" warning light came on. Borgman Ford checked system and said fuse #1 was blown. No other faults were found. 2. At 17,771 miles 2/1/08 miles "service brakes" light on again. Diagnosis was the abs module was blowing fuses so the brake control assy, solenoid valve block/hcu were replaced. Vehicle out of service for 6 days. 3. At 23,539 8/4/08 message center reads "low brake fluid". Dealer replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes. Vehicle out of service for 5 days. 4. At 23,713 8/11/08 my wife brought in because of the extremely loud noises coming from the abs pump. Dealer bled the brakes. . Still noisy; replaced hcu bled brakes again. . Out of service 9 days. 5. At 26,059 10/19/08 violent shaking while on freeway almost caused accident narrowly avoiding the car in front. Back to dealer. Diagnosis was "delayed braking (euphemism for almost hitting someone), abs & traction control warning lights on. Dealer pulled the right front halfshaft and replaced broken tone ring. Ford customer care said to call them when it fails again before taking it in to the dealer.

2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. Problem is failure of hybrid regenerative brake system as described in Ford's technical service bulletin, TSB 05-8-5 (August 5, 2005) (NHTSA id #10017553). Problem had occurred sporadically after the warranty period, but without any known incident to have triggered the problem. Repair has required replacement of the master cylinder and the brake system's hydraulic control unit ("hcu"). Total cost has been about $7,000. To summarize my correspondence from Ford. . . "since the national highway traffic safety administration ("NHTSA") is not concerned (I. E. Nobody has gotten killed by these defective brakes) there is no need for a recall. Therefore, Ford has no responsibility to pay for or deal with my problem. . Read more...

: the contact stated the brakes had failed on four separate occasions. Each time, the vehicle was returned to the sales/service dealer. The right brake sensor was replaced the first time. On the 2nd visit, the master computer switch was replaced. On the 3rd visit, all sensors were replaced. Also, while traveling 22 mph, the brakes failed for the 4th time. All sensors, master cylinder and electrical system of the brakes were replaced, but the brakes still failed to work properly. The manufacturer was notified.