2009 Ford Escape brakes problems

108 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2009 Ford Escape, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 108 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 100,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 10 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 70 complaints that include mileage. 14% 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	2
20k to 40k miles	6
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	11
80k to 100k miles	12
100k to 120k miles	11
120k to 140k miles	11
140k to 160k miles	7
160k to 180k miles	4
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 70 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Unknown. Steering and brakes locked so i lost all control of the vehicle doing about 60 mph down the highway. Which resulted in being drove off the side of the highway through a fence hitting 2 trees before rolling twice. The airbags never deployed and both my passenger and i were taken to the hospital by ambulance. They sustained deep bruising and i suffered a closed wedge compression fracture of the L2 Vertebrae and some lacerations

March 2024 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal went to the floorboard while depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and initially diagnosed with brake master cylinder failure. The brake master cylinder was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The mechanic then diagnosed the vehicle with Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) and hydraulic failure.

Reported at 49,900 miles, May 2021

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Ford models