OUR FORD FUSION HYBRID EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AS I WAS DRIVING OUT OF OUR CANYON. I HAD JUST STOPPED TO LET A COUPLE OF CARS PASS ON THE NARROW ROAD AND AS I PROCEEDED INTO A 90 DEGREE DOWNHILL TURN, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING A CRASH. THERE WAS NO BRAKING WHATSOEVER. I HAD ONLY 2 OR 3 SECONDS BEFORE THE TURN AND MANAGED TO AVOID GOING OFF OF A CLIFF ONLY NARROWLY, BY RUNNING UP A EARTHEN BANK AND OVER A LARGE BOULDER, WHICH STOPPED THE CAR. THE CONSUMER REPORTS TEST DRIVER HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WHEN TEST DRIVING THE CAR IN 2010.