2010 Ford Escape Hybrid Brakes Problems

“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.”

“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. …”

“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. …”

“While in motion, on two separate occasions (3 weeks apart) my brake system went out and resorted to the default emergency brake functions where I was able to engage my brakes slowly after pressing the pedal all the way down. Had I been on a highway or going fast, I think I could have died. The first occasion, the mechanics told me that my brakes were fine because they went to diagnose my car and it was acting normal, but that they saw the computer error codes. I also had a picture of all my warning lights that came on the dashboard. …”

“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. …”