2006 Ford Escape Hev problems
Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Ford Escape Hev. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 40% of complaints. Next are electrical system (19%) and steering (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 48 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 47 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 69,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 66,000 miles (18 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My husband and I when returning home from a visit to relatives in taylorsville, utah. It had been snowing but had stopped or slowed down in taylorsville. Since we were driving an escape hybrid 4-wd, we believed we would be fine to begin our trip. We were driving on interstate 15 when it started snowing really hard. We were just past the provo area. There were many cars and big trucks on the freeway and everyone was driving as slow as possible.
Normal city driving initiated failure of brakes to have pressure. Immediately brake and ABS lights illuminated. Brakes may be applied, but release after application. Initially, when brought into ford dealership 11 days ago, problem was diagnosed to be electronic, but after replacement of electronic control system for brakes, the pressure fails to resume.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hev. While driving 60 MPH, the contact attempted to stop the vehicle; however, the brakes failed. The brake warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel and read "service brake system". The contact had to apply the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. He has not taken the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure occurred without warning. The current and failure mileages were 80,592.
Wife and I were enroute home from vero beach, fl traveling west on fl hiway 60 about 10 miles east of the fl turnpike around 8:30 am. Traveled over short stretch of repaved road. At that time heard beep, noticed red brake light and amber ABS light on. Cruise control on moving 60 MPH. Tried brakes, noticed excessive brake travel, but still had some brakes. Continued on until turnpike junction. Pulled off road, stopped, shut off ignition. Upon restarting (after 5 seconds), warning lights stayed off, had good brakes.