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2006 Ford Escape brakes problems

70 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2006 Ford Escape, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
70 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
73,000 miles 63 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 73,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 73,000 miles
Based on 63 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 63 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 73,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Driving down a street in my neighborhood when the brakes failed. In previous occurrences I was told that the calipers froze up and that the brakes would make a grinding noise. Also the computer system on the vehicle would never record the proper amount of fuel in the tank or at times engage the brakes. I am not a professional but I know this vehicle did have issues. The vehicle was in motion on a city street and when I applied the brakes nothing happened.

Reported at 93,000 miles, October 2016 CrashInjury

After traveling for approximately 1 mile at 35 MPH, the engine suddenly shut off. Upon safely stopping the vehicle in a parking lot. The engine re-started with no issues. Drove the vehicle for approximately another mile at 35 MPH when it shut off again. Re-started with no issues. Have not driven the vehicle since then. No fault codes were generated & no apparent problems have been detected.

Reported at 72,632 miles, June 2015

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