As i was approaching an intersection and red light, my brakes suddenly stopped working. i literally had to stand on the brake and it finally stopped moving. i continued to drive home at less than 10 mph and had to let off the gas in order to slow the vehicle down to attempt to use the brakes and car would shake when brake was applied. took to mechanic who checked the code and it was the travel sensor.
I was driving at a normal speed, approximately 35 mph, on a city street. as traffic slowed i began to depress the brake pedal and suddenly i got several alerts on my instrument cluster (brake, abs, and regen disconnect). at the same time i lost all or most of my braking power. i was forced to use the park brake to stop the vehicle, and barely avoided a collision with another vehicle.this was a very frightening experience. after the vehicle sat for a short time, with the engine off, the system apparently reset itself and when i re-started the engine all functions were operational once again, and all the alerts were gone. however, this period was brief. thinking this might be a system glitch, i cautiously drove the vehicle home. the next day this failure returned after about 20 miles of driving. at this time i realized that there is a serious flaw in the hybrid braking system of this model year ford escape, and possibly other model years. i contacted a local ford dealership and i was shocked when they informed me there are no recalls on this vehicle for this particular failure. as a mechanic i find ...
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
Intermittent abs and brake warning light with almost complete loss of braking.
Abs break light came on and the car failed to stop. was driving on the road in a small town and was stopping to turn on to a road. the problem had also happen when someone has stopped suddenly in front of me and i needed to break suddenly. had break fluid changed at ford dealership and did not fix the problem. when you need to stop suddenly and hit the breaks hard, the pedal hard it stiffens up and will not stop the car. if you turn off the car and wait a few minutes and turn it back on, it seems to reset it until you hit the breaks hard again.
The abs light comes on, and after driving it for a few minutes, the brakes completely do not work. after bringing it to a ford dealership, the part itself is about $5,000 not including labor. (hydrocolic control unit). they didnt recommend fixing it because of how expensive it is. i still owe $5,000 so im stuck paying for a part that is worth more then the car itself.
I was approaching a t-intersection and attempted to make a stop at the stop sign, but the brake pedal resisted my foot pressure and i could not get the vehicle to slow down. i managed to maneuver through the intersection without further incident and spotted a safe place to pull over to gather my thoughts. the brake pedal again failed to work when i attempted to pull over, but i used the emergency brake to stop the vehicle.. only, this time the brake pedal went all the way to the flood, with no braking effect to the vehicle. this time, unlike the first, 2 brake warning indicators (abs & brakes!) illuminated on the driver's console. i turned off the vehicle and restarted it, and the indicators had disappeared and the brake pedal had normal resistance to my foot pressure and the brakes worked normally. i called a local ford dealership and they described the problem as a 'glitch', and said it was most likely a sensor or some other computer malfunction, but that no work done to correct the problem would be covered since the vehicle is out of warranty. wanting more information, i ...
I bought a 10 year old 2006 escape hybrid with 73,000 miles. after 4,000 mile the abs light would go on and the brakes would go into manual mode and the warning lights read check brake system and regen disenaged. after restarting the car the problem would go away. this would happen when the vehicle was moving at various speeds. the car still did stop with more brake pressure. we brought it to the dealer and they reset the error codes and gave us back the car. they stated this was per the ford corporate standards and they could not find anything wrong with the brakes despite the error codes. about 6 weeks later the problem happened again and kept happening. however, this time the brake pedal is soft and we are not confident it will stop every time as it did before. we brought it back to the dealer. now ford has diagnosed an issue with the master cylinder, hcu and abs computer all need to be replaced for $8100 (i only paid $7500 for the car). since ford are the only ones that can calibrate the abs computer we cannot get the repair cheaper elsewhere. ford will do ...
After starting the vehicle,(vehicle is stationary) the abs lights, and brake lights turn on. the brakes go into a safety mode, and don't work unless you push the pedal all the way down to the floor. i can almost roll down my driveway with the brake pedal pushed down all of the way. my driveway has a slight angle to is. not much of an angle though. the vehicle is not safe to drive on the highway if you don't know if the brakes are going to go out or not.
Abs brake system
Abs light comes on. brakes are loose. happened now more than 10 times. we just pull over the side and turn off the car. start again and brakes work fine for a while. this is an scary car. i use to drive my kids around.
Brake light intermittently comes on. abs light also comes on - loss of braking ability at highway speeds when abs comes on.
My vehicle has 75,000 miles on it. i bought it oct.9,2015 with 72,000 miles on it. in may 2016 the engine started cutting out and the message would read "service engine" along with a yellow wrench appearing on the dash. i had the vehicle taken to the local ford dealer and was told i needed a harness. i paid 1004.00 for the new harness and they also installed a fan for the hybrid system. the car did it again a few days later and i had it towed back to the dealer. the service department told me they had made a mistake and had to call ford to get the correct codes to fix the car. i was told it was done and picked it up. the same thing happened less than 4 days later. i had the car towed again and let the dealership send my car home with a mechanic for 2 days. i was told nothing is wrong and picked it up. i now have the abs light coming on, the red triangle safety light coming on, the red brake light coming on, the low tires light coming on (it stays on) and the yellow wrench light ...
When applying brakes pedal has to be pressed all the way to the floor and the car continues to move forward almost causing an accident. at this point the abs light comes on. *tt updated 9/12/18*jb
I was driving along the highway coming up to an intersection, preparing to stop at a red light in the left turn lane, when my breaks completely failed. the break pedal was stiff, and would not budge. we hit two cars that were sitting at the intersection, totaling my ford escape as well as one of the other cars. in the past, the "service breaks" light would go on occasionally in the summer during the hot months, giving the car slightly less break pressure. this was never a serious problem, and has always corrected itself anytime i turned the car off for a while. in addition, whenever having the breaks checked, they could never detect a problem. in addition, my car had routine inspections done during an oil change a month before the accident, and a full service inspection before this. this car is unsafe for the road, and the accident was out of my control. after research, i found many 2004-2006 hybrid ford escape owners to have the exact same complaints and experiences.