Brakes complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2008 Ford Escape has 248 NHTSA brakes complaints and 0 brakes-related recalls.
248
Complaints
0
Recalls
2
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES | In rainy conditions, executed a hard stop activating the ABS. After successfully activating, the br... |
| Mar 31, 2024 | SERVICE BRAKES | ABS brake light goes on and off and regen system disabled appeared. Brake pedal goes between being s... |
| Jun 2, 2023 | SERVICE BRAKES | My escape keeps having the brakes go to the floor. Then they will be fine again for a while and then... |
| Feb 15, 2023 | SERVICE BRAKES | ABS, parking break light and regen breaks disabled. My breaks will go all the way to the floor and h... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The brakes stopped working correctly and are very unsafe. The Regenerative brakes get disabled, and... |
| Apr 11, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The HCU fails causing the car to have little to no braking power while driving, at random times. The... |
| Mar 26, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | When the car was started in a shopping center parking lot, the emergency brake light and the abs war... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, t... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | * The braking system is failing without warning arbitrarily, resulting in pedal doing to floor and n... |
| Jun 5, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds,... |
| May 10, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | ABS light on, vehicle stalling, dragging while driving 40mph or over. Brake petal non functional. *... |
| May 5, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | MY ABS brake warning and my regular brake light come on and go off occasionally with a warning that ... |
| May 1, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | There is a major safety issue with the braking system. The brakes were getting soft (having to push ... |
| Apr 10, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | BRAKES ARE PEDAL IS ADVANCING TOWARDS THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE UNTIL ALMOST AT THE FLOOR. MA... |
| Mar 15, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | 08 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID-ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND BREAKS FAILED. WHILE DRIVING, STOPSAFE CAME ON. TURN... |
| Nov 26, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | IT STARTED EARLY THANKSGIVINGS(11/26/2020) DRIVE AS I WAS COMING TO MY 4TH/5TH STOP OF THE MORNING,... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed, the brake... |
| Nov 15, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | IN NOVEMBER 2020 WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, BY BRAKES SUDDENLY WENT SOFT. TO STOP MY VEHICLE, I HAD TO PR... |
| Oct 21, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | ABS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS REGEN BRAKES DISABLED. HAD IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD H... |