2006 Ford ESCAPE HYBRID - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"while driving at lower speeds and city speeds, abs light come on with service brake system message appears while driving and turning. braking is tough and barely stops even with hard foot pressure on pedal. this is an ongoing problem that intermittently happens. once you let the car sit for awhile (since you are scared of driving it), the braking system resets and problem is not seen for months...until it occurs again. inquiries to ford about problem estimate the cost of replacing cylinder, hcu, and bleeding brakes far exceeds the value of vehicle. annoying as this brake problem was identified as a weakness of this car's braking system as far back as 2005! why does ford not recall and fix a known problem in a timely manner? may have to scrap an otherwise excellent working vehicle because it is unsafe to drive and unsafe to fellow drivers since it may not reliably stop."

"parking / emergency brake failed. cable routed from hand lever to rear brakes goes through a bracket mounted to the underside of the body. bracket separated from under-body of vehicle rendering hand brake inoperable. vehicle was stationary on a slope with regular brakes applied. parking brake was being applied to keep the weight of vehicle on an incline off off transmission park lock."

"occasionally when applying smooth pressure on the brake pedal, it becomes very firm and looses braking power. if the pedal is released and reapplied then the brakes work again (for now). this sometimes causes the "check brake system" warning light to appear. this light may or may not remain on after turning the car off for a while. this issue has been reported by many others, and should be handled by ford as a recall as a properly working braking system is vital to the safety of everyone on the road. date indicated is of the most recent occurrence (on the way to the dealership)."

"sudden reduced braking capacity while driving. check abs light comes on. one has to push completely down on brakes to get vehicle to stop. wait for 5-10 minutes, system resets and you can continue to drive until at some day and time the same conditions reoccur. research on issue indicates the hcu maybe failing but price to replace exceeds the worth of the vehicle. use of vehicle is now limited due to unpredictable ability to stop car while in motion."

"purchased a 2006 ford escape hybrid in oct. of 2018. today (nov 2019) the brake system decided to go out (a known issue with feh) while we were driving on a curvy road while my two kids were in the car. we tried slowing down before entering the curve and the brakes would not work. luckily we are fine but the outcome could have been drastically different. i've only put 10k miles on the car and now ford of ocala is saying even though it's a know issue they will not do anything about it. we spoke with donna who was understanding but still gave us no solution. she forwarded the issue to the sales manager and we are waiting on his call.they basically stole 7 grand from our family. we'll be pursuing this legally until the issue gets resolved."

"was heading west driving the vehicle on alameda crossing wagsworth boulevard which the state of colorado says that those are both highways they're more like city streets but highways what is doing a repaving project i personally did not see any notification of work going on as they had strip the asphalt from wadsworth and was repaving left a 6in high drop into the pavement and back up to the old pavement. what is a massive jolt that sure both front brake lines off has no brakes to stop how do you use handbrake. got ahold of cdot and was told martin marietta was the company in charge of the repaving project was told they would not do anything about it as they said that there was warning signs posted."

"i am having trouble with my brakes even after all repairs and spending about $1000 dollars my car brake dashboard light is still on and very less brakes are applied .i have to press brakes with lots of thrust but even after that vehicle moves little ahead"

"tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape. while driving 45 mph and depressing the brake pedal, the service brake system warning indicator illuminated. the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard and the vehicle failed to stop. the contact had to apply the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. the contact powered off the engine. the vehicle was restarted, but the failure recurred. the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was later taken to hertrich ford lincoln (1427 bay rd, milford, de 19963, (302) 725-0031) where it was diagnosed that the abs hydraulic control unit needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired due to the repair fees. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not under warranty. the approximate failure mileage was 107,405."

"this the second ford focus hybrid 2006 we have had a brake pedal issue with. already had to replace brake master and hcu with the 1st one 2yrs ago and have not had the issue again. here we go again with the same model different car and we re visit the same problem with hard to stop or wont stop during normal driving and only periodic. way too much money 7000.00 with 83k miles."

"as i was approaching an intersection and red light, my brakes suddenly stopped working. i literally had to stand on the brake and it finally stopped moving. i continued to drive home at less than 10 mph and had to let off the gas in order to slow the vehicle down to attempt to use the brakes and car would shake when brake was applied. took to mechanic who checked the code and it was the travel sensor."