DECEMBER 28 ,2012- WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65MPH MY 2010 ESCAPE ENGINE CUT OFF. I FINALLY GOT TO EMERGENCY LANE AND THE SUV WAS IDLING ROUGH. I CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT IN A FEW MINUTES.I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TODAY. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEY OFFER TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD CUT OFF AGAIN. I HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT TOYOTA BUT THOUGHT I WOULD BUY FORD THIS TIME. THEY ARE DEFINITELY A PROBLEM SO FORD STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT AND FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR
2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES WENT OUT AND WE ALMOST HIT SOMEONE BUT WE DIDN'T. BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGE APPEARED WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT NO WARNING BEFORE. TURNED OFF CAR THEN TURNED ON AND BRAKES SEEM TO BE WORKING NOW INTERMITTENTLY. FORD ESCAPE 2010. HYBRID WITH ONLY 21000 HIGHWAY MILES. JUST HAD THE 20000 CHECK AT THE DEALER 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE WERE TOLD BRAKES WERE FINE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL SINCE MANY OTHER OWNERS ONLINE SEEMED TO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WE. COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT . THANK GOODNESS NO ONE GOT HURT. TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW MORNING. *TR