2011 Ford Escape Brakes Problems

“The problem is brake loss in reverse. It happens intermittently and infrequently over the past 7 years. Usually when backing out of my garage and cannot stop immediately. The pedal will be rock hard when this happens and after a couple of seconds will depress and brakes back to normal. Summer or winter or in the garage this happens. I brought it to two dealerships but they cannot find problem as it is so intermittent. It seems like the power assist is completely gone.”

“We began having intermittent braking incidents. Sometime the car would pull sharply, or not at all. There was a time when the car seemed to need extra petal pressure to stop. We took it to spencer creek to have it checked out. Initial diagnostics was possible sticking of calipers. The car was driven outside the shop to await parts. When the it was time to bring the car back inside to put on the lift, the right front brake had froze up and the car would not move. See attached work order. If this module had failed at highway speed, ti would resulted in loss of control.”

“We have experienced simultaneous depression of the vehicle brakes and accelerator pedals resulting in the car lurching forward or backwards uncontrollably depending on whether traveling from stationary in reverse or going forward. Most recently, this defect has resulted in a total right -off of our vehicle when the car reversed into a brick wall as we were backing up slowly from a complete standstill. Luckily, no injury was sustained to passengers or other by standers but it most certainly could have resulted in the death of a passer by.”

“I was traveling northwest on I 26 when I heard a pop and lost speed and control. I eased over to the right side of the highway and tried to stop. At this time, the car started to shake violently. Eventually the car stopped and would not start again. I had to be towed to newberry and left the car at a garage and rented a car to continue my trip to pick my granddaughter and return to charleston. I had to pay 85.00 to the tow truck driver, 385.00 for the car rental and 486.36 to the garage for the throttle body replacement. Now I find out this has had a recall. …”

“All brake/ABS warning lights come on and brake pedal goes all the way to the floor on startup brake system failure occurs intermittently, and repeatedly at only 50k miles. Restarting the car results in some brake function with ABS and check brake warnings. Mechanic has read the codes which include every part of the brake system. Every. Single. Part.”