2007 Ford Escape Brakes Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while his wife was driving 10 MPH, the brakes failed with the brake pedal depressed to the floorboard. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that his wife was able to coast the vehicle off the roadway. The contact arrived at the scene and drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic. The mechanic discovered that both front brake lines were severely corroded and that the front passenger’s side brake line was leaking brake fluid due to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle had been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.

NHTSA ID

11512443

Incident

Jan 10, 2023

Mileage

170,000 mi

ABS service system warning came up on my dash along with the brake light and the abs light, immediately after the lights came on the ability to stop and stay stopped vanished.

NHTSA ID

11471084

Incident

Jun 2, 2022

ABS service light comes on intermittently, when light is on a "service brake system" warning comes across the guage cluster. While this service light is on the escape has little to no braking and requires upwards of 300ft to stop when going 45mph. Once the vehicle is brought to a stop you can hear the brake system attempting to pressurize but only making a repeated grinding noise directly in front of the driver in the engine bay. Once vehicle is parked and shut off the brakes continue to make the same grinding noise. After allowing the vehicle to sit over night you may get lucky and have fully functioning brakes or you may unlock the door and hear the grinding noise letting you know the abs warning will be illuminated once the car is started. I have currently rear-ended another vehicle while stopped at a red light because no matter how hard I pressed on the brakes my vehicle continued to roll forward into another vehicle. My vehicle passed inspection with zero obdII codes the day I bought the escape Friday, May 27, 2022. Exactly a week later on June 2, 2022 I experienced severe brake failure and rear ended a 2021 Toyota 4runner. No major damage was caused to either vehicle. Two days later on June 4, 2022 the brake system failed once again causing me to drive my vehicle off the road into the median to avoid an impact at 65mph on interstate I-85. I am a father to my 3 year old daughter, but I am unable to transport my daughter in fear of endangering her life because of a faulty brake system Ford refuses to recall.

NHTSA ID

11467587

Incident

Jun 2, 2022

On 12/10/21 the accelerator stuck. I had to pull off the road, because I was losing power. But what if it got stuck at a high rate of speed? How would I stop, other than the hand brake and pray that it works. It had happened another time that week, but I thought it was a fluke as the car only has 85000 miles on it. I bought it in Sept 2021. It happened again on the 11th. Had my family member look at it and they lubricated the accelerator and a cable in the engine compartment. It has not done it since. Here is the VIN # [XXX]. 12/18/21 Drove to church. No problem with anything. No lights on.... the dash. Family member left to go home for the afternoon and stated that they almost hit a herd of deer, because the brakes went straight to the floor. They drove back for the evening program, with the same problem. I drove home about 35 miles an hour, and the brake pedal goes straight to the floor. No noise of any kind, no warning, no puddles where the car was parked at church or at home. The brake light is on now. What in the world. This could be fatal... both of these issues. FORD just told me there are no recalls, and then sent me to a survey. They need to look into these issues....Poor customer service in my opinion and could be a fatal situation. Last week was unable to get in for an appointment within a 50 mile radius to get that problem looked at. NOT able to be seen till after the new year.... INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11444360

Incident

Dec 18, 2021

PURCHASED THIS PRE-OWNED WITH ONLY 40K MILES. IT'S NOW ONLY AT 45K MILES AND RANDOMLY THE ABS LIGHT AND SERVICE BRAKES NOTIFICATION CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND HAD THEM SCAN AND IT SEEMS TO BE ABS RELATED. STILL HAVE NO REPAIRED BUT FROM READING ALL OVER FORUMS, REDDIT, GOOGLE SEARCHES, AND MORE THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM THAT COSTS A TON TO REPAIR. FORD SHOULD HANDLE THIS AS A RECALL IF IT IS A REGULAR ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. HOW IS THERE NO CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT YET? IT SEEMS COUNTLESS PEOPLE ARE MENTIONING THAT THE BRAKES OUTRIGHT FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD OR EVEN HIGHWAYS. WHAT IF SOMEONE DIES? THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

NHTSA ID

11407415

Incident

Apr 3, 2021

Mileage

45,000 mi

HELLO, I HAVE A 2007 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY HARD TO PRESS THE PEDAL SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT DUE TO BEING A HYBRID, HOWEVER, THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS FAILING AS OF 2 DAYS AGO. CONSISTENT WITH MANY, MANY OTHER FORD ESCAPE HYBRIDS, THE BRAKING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS, ABS WARNING LIGHTS AND BRAKE SYSTEM SERVICE WARNING WILL SPORADICALLY ENGAGE ON THE VEHICLE. EVEN WITHOUT THE WARNING LIGHTS, THIS VEHICLES BRAKES WILL NOW FAIL, OFTEN DROPPING COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. AS THE BRAKES ARE A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE THE FAILURE HAS COME DURING CRITICAL TIMES, VIA STOP SIGNS, STOP LIGHTS, STOPPED TRAFFIC, NEARLY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES. WHEN THE WARNING LIGHTS ENGAGE, THE BRAKING PEDAL IS HARD, BUT DOES FAIL AS WELL. AN IMMEDIATE SERVICE PERFORMED AT THE LOCAL GARAGE DETERMINED THE CAR MALFUNCTIONING BRAKE SYSTEM IS DUE TO THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE PUMP, CONNECTED TO THE HYBRID SYSTEM WHICH IS HIGHLY CONSISTENT WITH ALL EARLY MODEL FORD ESCAPES. REPAIR ESTIMATES EXCEED $5000-7000 USD. THE BRAKING PROBLEM WITH THE EARLY GENERATION FORD ESCAPE PROBLEMS IS ENDEMIC, AND DESERVING OF ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY AND ATTENTION FROM THE NTHSA. THESE CARS ARE DEADLY AS SET, AND THANKFULLY MY FAMILY HAS NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH. PLEASE GIVE THESE VEHICLES ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY, AS IT IS NOT OBSCURE TO SEE WIDESPREAD BRAKING MALFUNCTIONS NATIONWIDE. FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11395498

Incident

Feb 7, 2021

Mileage

142,000 mi

MY WIFE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AT 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. SHE THOUGHT THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. SHE MANAGED TO RETURN HOME. I INSPECTED THE CAR AND FOUND THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE HOSE RUPTURED, THE BRAKE RESERVOIR DRAINED TO THE SEPARATING PARTITION. THE FAILED HOSE HAD RUPTURED AT THE STRUT ATTACH BRACKET, OBVIOUSLY A FLEX POINT. THERE WERE OTHER FAILURE POINTS IN THE HOSE RUBBER COATING VISIBLE. I REPLACED THE HOSE AND INSPECTED THE FRONT LEFT HOSE. SAME FAILURE PATTERN, VERY EARLY LEAKAGE NOTED AT THE BODY HARDLINE CONNECTION AND THE STRUT ATTACH BRACKET. I REPLACED THAT HOSE AS WELL. REAR HOSES APPEARED COMPLETELY INTACT AND NO ISSUES NOTED. 71,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS COMMON ISSUE ACROSS THE FORD ESCAPE LINE WHICH IS ALSO SOLD AS THE MAZDA TRIBUTE. NHTSA NOTES ONLY ONE INCIDENT, I FOUND 38 ON ONE SITE ALONE, HTTPS://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/FORD/ESCAPE/BRAKE-HOSES-LINES-PIPING-AND-FITTINGS-PROBLEMS.PHP A FAILURE OF ONE SYSTEM PUTS ALL THE PRESSURE ON THE REMAINING SYSTEM. AS SEEN IN OUR CASE THE REMAINING SYSTEM WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED. I FIND IT DEEPLY DISTURBING THAT NHTSA HAS NOTHING IN THE RECALL ARENA ON THIS YET HAS 2 MINOR RECALLS, ONE BEING FOR AFTER MARKET AIRBAG -SEAT COVER INTERFERENCE ISSUES. REALLY? PERHAPS IF THE BRAKES WORK THE AIRBAG WOULDN'T BE DEPLOYED? I HAVE SEVERAL MORE PICTURES IF NEEDED.

NHTSA ID

11341892

Incident

Jul 27, 2020

Mileage

71,600 mi

BRAKE WARMING LIGHT AND MESSAGE. BRAKES WORK BUT ONLY PARTLY - OKAY FOR GENERAL DRIVING BUT NOT FOR EMERGENCY STOPS. DIAGNOSED BY FORD DEALER FOR OVER $5000 IN REPAIR. QUICK INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD ESCAPE HYBRID VEHICLES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR THE OBVIOUSLY FAULTY UNITS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL UNITS, OR AT LEAST FREE REPAIR FOR FAILED UNITS. THE REPLACEMENT IS MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. THERE ARE ONLY 143,000 MILES ON THE CAR, AND OTHERWISE IT WORKS FINE.*DT*JB*DT*JB

NHTSA ID

11325872

Incident

Mar 4, 2020

Mileage

143,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

NHTSA ID

11310079

Incident

Feb 19, 2020

Mileage

150,000 mi

WITHIN A MONTH OF PURCHASING VEHICLE, MILEAGE 67,000, COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL AND WILL BE IF NOT CORRECTED. MANY EXACT COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMING TO LIGHT. HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A WOODED AREA FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS SLIDING ON ROAD. LATER REALIZED IT WAS A ABS SYSTEM FAILURE NOT SLIDING. ABS LIGHT IS ON. BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS SERVICE LIGHT ON. EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON. APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE TIME, WHEN FIRST DRIVING VEHICLE, ONLY THE SERVICE BRAKE DISPLAY IS ON. THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO BUCK/STUTTER, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES. AFTER ACCELERATING, THAT STOPS AND RETURNS TO WHAT I DESCRIBED.ABOVE. I READ SINCE THERE WERE NO FATALITIES REPORTED FORD WILL NOT RECALL. I AM CERTAIN THERE HAVE BEEN FATALITIES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, JUST NOT IDENTIFIED.

NHTSA ID

11307988

Incident

Dec 31, 2019

Mileage

7,000 mi

BRAKE SYSTEM QUIT WORKING ON MY FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. IT IS A KNOWN BROBLEM. DEALER WANTS 7000.00 TO FIX IT. HYDRAULIC PUMPS BURN OUT IN THEM. YOU LOOSE THE COMPLETE BRAKING SYSTEM IN THE CAR.

NHTSA ID

11154627

Incident

Oct 31, 2018

Mileage

114,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXCITER RING WAS FRACTURED. THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO GLUE THE PIECE BACK TOGETHER, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

NHTSA ID

11151551

Incident

Nov 12, 2018

Mileage

141,000 mi

THE BRAKES FAILED AT A STOP SIGN AND SENT MY DAUGHTER INTO TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING 50 MPH. FORTUNATELY SHE PUT IT IN REVERSE AND GOT OUT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND MECHANIC SAYS IT WILL COST OVER $4000 TO FIX. AFTER RESEARCH WE SEE THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM. HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT IS FAULTY AND A BAD DESIGN THAT RECURS.

NHTSA ID

11111244

Incident

Jun 21, 2018

Mileage

98,000 mi

BRAKE FAILED THE REGEN SYSTEM FAILURE AND ABS BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED AN ALMOST SERIOUS ACCIDENT $7000 FOR REPAIRS FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS FROM 1000S OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE IT IS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE 2 WHEEL DRIVE HYBRID

NHTSA ID

11103677

Incident

Jun 24, 2018

Mileage

187 mi

I HAVE REPLACED THE ABS TONE RINGS IN MY VEHICLE 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. TWO OF THE TIMES IT BROKE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I WAS ON A MAJOR ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT TO BREAK THIS OFTEN. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE IT CAN ONLY BE FIXED BY A FORD DEALER BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

11024946

Incident

Sep 22, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED AND THE KEY WAS TURNED, THE VEHICLE HAD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT END, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE PANEL READ "BRAKE SERVICE NEEDED" IN ADDITION, THE ABS AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER. THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 05/04/17*LJ

NHTSA ID

10939178

Incident

Feb 26, 2015

Mileage

91,000 mi

PULLED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AND THE ABS/4WD LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO DEALER AND HAD TO REPLACE THE CRACKED FRONT ABS RING FOR THE SECOND TIME

NHTSA ID

10854953

Incident

Dec 23, 2013

Mileage

74,000 mi

STARTED TO DRIVE AND THE ABS/4WD LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO DEALER AND HAD TO REPLACE THE CRACKED FRONT ABS RING. THIS HAPPENED ON 27JAN2012 AND AGAIN ON 23DEC2013

NHTSA ID

10854952

Incident

Jan 27, 2012

Mileage

61,000 mi

BROKEN TONE RING RIGHT FRONT

NHTSA ID

10785746

Incident

Oct 23, 2015

Mileage

125,588 mi

THE PASSENGER REAR RIGHT BRAKE/TAIL BULB WENT OUT, WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE THE BULB I FOUND THAT THE SOCKET WAS BURNED, VERY DARK BROWN SPLOTCHY AREAS, AND HAD A DISTINCTIVE ODOR. I CHECKED THE LEFT, DRIVER SIDE AND FOUND THAT THE SOCKET ON THAT BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT WAS ALSO TURNING BROWN AT THE PIN SITE. IT CONCERNS ME THAT I AM FINDING THIS ISSUE TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM AROUND THE INTERNET.

NHTSA ID

10760457

Incident

Aug 30, 2015

Mileage

42,000 mi

THREE LIGHTS TURNED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, BRAKE, ABS, AND THE "WRENCH" ICON INDICATING A MAJOR FAILURE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I EXPERIENCED AN 80% LOSS OF BRAKING POWER NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION WITH CARS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. LIGHTS REMAINED ON AND BRAKES WERE SEVERELY COMPROMISED WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL AND ALL LIGHTS WERE OFF. DROVE THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR EVALUATION. DEALER DIAGNOSED AND TOLD ME THEY RAN A COMPUTER TEST AND NO REPORTS. I ASKED THEM IF THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR, THEY SAID NO. A WEEK LATTER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND I ALMOST T-BONED A CAR. A VERY LOUD SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THE SYSTEM "RESET". I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. I CAN NOT GET A ANY FORD DEALER TO TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON.

NHTSA ID

10716101

Incident

May 12, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TONE RING FRACTURED ON THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TONE RING FRACTURED AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE TONE RINGS WERE APART OF THE FRONT AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

NHTSA ID

10714035

Incident

Apr 30, 2015

Mileage

88,000 mi

THE TONE RING WHICH INPUTS PULSES TO THE ABS COMPUTER FAILS ON MANY MANY FORD ESCAPES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ABS COMPUTER APPLIES THE BRAKES IN ABS MODE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE, MAKING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DIFFICULT. THIS CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS! THERE IS ONE HALL EFFECT RING ON EACH WHEEL. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA STATES THAT THIS CONDITION OF A FAILED RING IS A SAFETY DEFECT. SEE SAFETY REJECTION DATED 3-16-15 I.D. [XXX] ENCLOSED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10694674

Incident

Mar 10, 2014

Mileage

36,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

NHTSA ID

10691817

Incident

Feb 27, 2015

Mileage

153,000 mi

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT FLASHED OFF AND ON. THE NEXT DAY BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKES MADE A VERY BAD GRINDING NOISE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10668895

Incident

Dec 24, 2014

Mileage

50,000 mi