2005 Ford Escape brakes problems

67 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2005 Ford Escape, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 67 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 95,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 6 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	9
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	7
60k to 80k miles	2
80k to 100k miles	16
100k to 120k miles	8
120k to 140k miles	9
140k to 160k miles	5
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 59 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 95,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was in accident where I hit another vehicle in which when tried to break they did not work. No skid marks where there and should have been . Totaled my truck ford SUV xlt (sport) and the driver of other car . Passenger airbag never went off. I had concussion and burns 2nd degree on both arms . Still have scars. Other vehicle at light stopped and when I tried to stop it was like gas pedal was stuck and break did not work so pulled up emergency break. I never got any notice on recalls on my 2005 until now.

Reported at 90,000 miles, June 2013 CrashInjury

Purchased 05 escape at 40,096 miles in july '06. About 2 weeks later, rotors were warped so dealer replaced them for free. About 10,000 miles later they were warped again and they "turned" the rotors. About 4,000 miles later they were warped again so the dealer replaced them again. Now less than 5,000 miles later, they are warped again.

Reported at 40,096 miles, July 2006

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Ford models