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2006 Ford Escape Hybrid brakes problems

89 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
89 29% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
83,000 miles 84 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 83,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 15 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 20 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 11 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 83,000 miles
Based on 84 complaints that include mileage. 26% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles15
80k to 100k miles20
100k to 120k miles11
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 84 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While the car was in motion, the yellow ABS and the red brake failure warning lamps lit up, and the alarm sounded. I was unable to control my vehicle as the pedal became stiff. Brakes went into manual mode. This luckily happened in the evening, or else I could have hit another vehicle or a pedestrian. The car jerked as I pulled up the emergency brake, and I hurt my neck.

Reported at 134,000 miles, November 2014 Injury

My 2006 escape hybrid suddenly lost braking power, occurring as I attempted to slow to exit off of I-95 to my home. The ABS and warning light came on, at the same time,the brake pedal went to the floor board but there was just enough to get slowed down pushing as hard as I could and luckily the off ramp was up hill. I was going to pull off and get towed but decided being on the side of I-95 was too scary and instead drove ,despite the failure. I went 5MPH and made it home .

Reported at 133,974 miles, March 2014

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