Ford / Escape Hybrid / 2005
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 237 complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid with NHTSA. Service brakes account for 16.5% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of suspension at 12.7%.
Complaints237
Crashes5
Fires0
Injuries1
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Service brakes 16.5% · 39
Suspension 12.7% · 30
Structure 10.1% · 24
Steering 9.3% · 22
Service brakes, hydraulic 8.4% · 20
Engine 7.2% · 17
Electrical system 6.8% · 16
Engine and engine cooling 5.1% · 12
Severity
Of those complaints, 5 describe a crash and 1 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 7 model years of the Ford Escape Hybrid in this data, 2005 sits 4th by complaint volume. 2008 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 26 in the last three years against 66 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 105,000 miles.
In owners' own words
While coming up to a stop sign I started to press my brake and while coming to a stop the brakes stopped working allowing my vehicle to lunge forward a few feet without any brakes before the brakes kicked back in bringing my car to a stop. Also while idling around a parking lot my abs started engaging causing my vehicle to start jerking forward, I wasn't even touching the brakes. Service brakes · reported at 116,000 miles
When brake pedal is applied with constant pressure, brakes would engage then fail to engage for short seconds, then engage again, symptoms are intermittent. Some times it would trigger a brake related dtc. Technician determined it was a failed hydraulic control unit in the brake system and was told it was common and occurred on a number of the same model vehicles from 2005 to 2012. Service brakes · reported at 130,000 miles
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that the brakes failed. The contact had to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to a mechanic and was told that the abs control module failed and needed to be replaced. The vin was not available. The failure mileage and current mileages were 98,000. Service brakes · reported at 98,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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