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2021 FORD ESCAPE — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 1790455 · 2022-01-26

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
ESCAPE
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
SERVICE BRAKES

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

I was coming to a stop at a red light when my brakes began to get hard to the point to where I couldn’t press them down. I then rear ended another vehicle. It seems to me that the power brakes might have failed. After crashing my brakes seem to go back to normal but still felt abnormally stiff. There was no injuries in the accident. The car is under an open recall stating this exact problem. I contacted our local dealer the day I found out about the recall and they told me that the car was to drive and parts would not be available until the 2nd Quarter of 2022. The recall also states that it only happened under certain circumstances. I will not be driving the vehicle until after recall is fixed because it is an unsafe vehicle to drive due to not knowing when the brakes might fail again.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11449028
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown