2005 Ford Escape HEV Brakes Problems

“The brakes failed while attempting to stop at a stop sign. The car went through the stop sign. A few minutes later while driving, the ABS and service brakes light came on. I drove the vehicle directly to the dealer. They were not able to look at it until two days later. I was told the brake hoses needed replacing. I replaced them. The brakes seemed to be working. A few days later, I got the service brakes warning, as well as the service 4x4 warning in the info screen. The brakes seemed to be working. This time they replaced the wheel sensor at the dealer. …”

“Abs light on, very weak and diminished braking power, almost not stopping, vehicle was off, then noticed upon startup, 123k miles on vehicle, Ford states it could be up to a $5k repair which far exceedes the value of this vehicle, suspect part is the hcu hydraulic control unit which pressurizes the break system before start up, also noticed this pump isn't coming on anymore, Ford says they won't cover anything of repair, no more fords or chevy's for me!, you have to kill at least 125 people before they will recall anything just like the $2.25 ignition key recall, what about the 180+ people…”

“The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape Hev. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact noticed that the ABS and brake warning lights suddenly illuminated. He continued to drive the vehicle but when he attempted to apply pressure to the brakes, the vehicle failed to stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they performed a diagnostic test which concluded that the hcu assembly was faulty and performed the necessary repairs. The current and failure mileages were 100,000.”