2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid Brakes Problems

“While coming to a stop at a stop light the regenerative brakes suddenly let up and the car was not stopping correctly. I applied full force to the brakes and the car did slow but not before hitting the car in front of me. The vehicle collision warning did not come on because I was already breaking.”

“I was driving my Ford Fusion Hybrid today on the interstate and had a complete engine failure while driving. I was driving, then a noticed popped on my dashboard stating to stop safely now. I pressed the gas pettle and the EV mode kicked on, propelling my vehicle speed to over 85 miles per hour. I was extremely nervous because the fords electric vehicle engines are limited to 85 MPH in pure EV mode. I was able to come to the shoulder of the interstate. I turned the vehicle off, waited a few seconds and restarted the vehicle. …”

“My wife and I were driving south on I-95 in florida. Unbeknownst to me, my wife's blouse caught on the electric emergency brake located on the left side of the center console and this momentarily engaged it. Our car screeched and lurched forward as the brake tried to engage. When she finally disengaged her clothing from the emergency brake lever, the car returned to normal operation. Mind you all of this happened at 70 MPH! First, why would that switch be active when the car is moving? …”

“My wife was traveling down a local road (5 lanes) and speed limit 40 MPH getting into the center left turn lane, there were three additional cars in front of her. She was probably doing about 15 MPH at most and began to depress the brake pedal when she experienced what we subsequently learned is called a hard stop/hard brake - this is when the electronic brakes fail and the manual brakes take over. Luckily, she is a very cautious driver and not prone to quick stops. The car slowed and finally came to a halt without hitting the car in front of her after she depressed the brake twice. …”

“Car had previously lost full power and brakes in april, incident repeated itself this time 5500 miles later while at freeway speeds. Car lost power brakes and steering, was able to cost to a stop. After stopping car locked itself in park and engaged the parking brake, making towing very difficult. After numerous restarts error lights disappeared and the car drove fine and was able to be moved out of traffic. After stopping car locked itself in park again and would no longer function. …”