2008 Mercury Mariner Brakes Problems

“Brakes are intermittent, ABS light will come on along with red brake light and hybrid regen brakes disabled. Sometimes car stops sometimes car does not stop. I have looked into it and several people have reported failure. I do not understand how such a well documented oe failure can go for so long without rectification.”

“This had been a great car for me until today. I learned the hydraulic control unit is bad and will require nearly $5000 to replace. It is not safe to drive. It had 105000 miles. It is not worth much more than $5k. I have no choice but to try and trade the car in. I laterally just gave it to my daughter for college on saturday. She has always loved my car.”

“The ABS hydrolic control unit has malfunctioned resulting in faulty brakes and dangerous driving conditions. I have to put the brake pedal to the ground to get any type of braking to be done. This takes extra seconds that could result in an accident if I had to suddenly brake. This seems to be a common problem and many mariners and escapes have identical problems. I would like my VIN to be added to the recall list to have this problem fixed.”

“Hcu (hydraulic control unit) failure meaning my hybrid vehicle can't brake whether in hybrid mode or normal mode and it's over a $5000 repair. My Mariner has been sitting in my driveway for close to 2 years now, unused, because of this known issue.”

“Driving, coming to a stoplight, the brakes suddenly failed, the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. Pumping I was able to get just enough brakes to stop before colliding with the car in front of us. The service ABS and emergency brake service warning lights came on after the near collision. I took the car to a ford dealership and was told the hcu unit had failed. This is a $4,000 part that we had already replaced at 76,000 miles,. The new part failed again without warning only 22,000 miles later.”