2015 Ford Escape Brakes Problems

“At 127,000 miles the check engine light came on and we were told the transmission needed to be replaced. Ford was not willing to work with us even though we had an extended warranty. Now we are told that the engine needs to be replaced.”

“The brake fluid container inside the engine vibrated loose and the screws came all the way out and left the container of brake fluid hanging inside the engine. This could cause a serious problem. A road assistance company helping me start my car again after the electrical panel malfunctioned opened the hood to find this problem. The screws are completely gone, and I will have to have this taken in to Ford to get replacement screws to fix this.”

“While traveling on the interstate in our 2015 Ford Escape titanium, we began to exit and found we had no brakes. We had to utilize the parking brake in order to bring the car to a stop. We took the car to a Ford dealership for repairs. They determined that the brake power assist had failed because the vacuum pump locked up causing the cam drive to break inside the cam shaft. This also caused metal shaving contamination in the engine of the car which can cause the motor to lock up at any time without warning. …”

“While driving my 2015 Ford Escape down a mountain road, the bolt for the vacuum pump driving the power assisted brakes sheared off (similar to the recalled issue on Ford edge and explorer vehicles). When this happened it felt as if there were no brakes at all and it took all of my force (I'm a 300lb 6'4 male) applied to the brake peddle to stop the car. The car was towed back to the dealership where it was repaired. I was told this is a common issue on Ford vehicles with the ecoboost engine and cam driven vacuum pump. …”

“I was driving my 2015 Ford Escape down the highway. As I was getting ready to get in traffic to exit my brakes wouldn't press down. Trying frantically and as hard as I could I couldn't get my brakes to press down to slow. Luckily I was able to down shift my car and use the e-brake to get to a shoulder and avoid an accident. I had a friend who's a mechanic check out my car and he told me it was my vacuum pump for my brakes. He also noted when he saw what my car was and that it was an eco boost that this problem is what they refer to as a soccer mom killer. He's seen this before. …”