Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 03/10/2011 | 34485 | ||
| 2008 ford escape hybrid: turned on the car, turned into a drive way to turn around noticed parking brake light on. brake not engaged? brake failure car rolling into parked vehicle had to put car in park to stop. backed out of drive way abs light on, break failure on dash, get brakes checked, parking brake light on. no brakes. i backed up again and then the lights were out and the car had hyper brakes.... light brake pedal pressure way sensitive. over stoppage... took to dealer they said it was a connection to the battery? then my son told me about the hydraulic problem????? ford still has care servicing other issues, 34,485 miles> | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 10/12/2011 | 85000 | ||
| Going from missouri to arkansas my car simply stopped running no indicator lighs were on at the time and a triangle came on stating i could pull over safely now and stop. i turned off the engine after trying to make the electric battery engine work. nothing happened. people helped me push my car off the road and then a man suggested i try to start it again. it started right up and ran for another 20-30 miles and then proceeded to do this about every 5-10 miles for hours. the temp was raining and about 60 degrees. again on the way home in dry weather and at night it did the same thing for 136 miles. this was at night and i tried to keep it at 60 mph. finaly dropping it to 50 and finally made it home. i'm taking it to my mechanic but when i called ford where i bought the car they said they never heard of this problem. i find this to be an untruth and ford ( which my family has sworn by for many years) refuses to acknowledge this problem. | |||
| 02/19/2010 | 21478 | 1 | |
| Was driving 2008 escape hybrid on highway yesterday @ 55mph, attempted to pass slower vehicle by switching lanes and accelerating. accelerator stuck and car continued to accelerate despite my attempts to stop it. i had to drive off the road while slamming on the brakes to stop the vehicle. vehicle reached speed of 80 + mph before accelerator became unstuck. heard a pop similar to the sound of a car hood popping open once accelerator became unstuck. car was then drivable, but i did not drive over 35 mph after that out of fear that car would again become uncontrollable. had vehicle towed to ford dealership out of fear of driving it. currently being examined by dealership and problem has not yet been diagnosed. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 03/11/2011 | 39605 | ||
| Triangel light with exclamation in red came on. vehicle will not acceolrate past 15 miles per hour. | |||