I OWN 3 FORD ESCAPES AND ALL 3 HAVE SAME SAFETY ISSUE. I LEARNED ON GOOGLE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I AM TALKING ABOUT ABS TONE RING WHICH CRACKS AND CAUSES ABS TO MALFUNCTION. IT BECOMES A SERIOUS ISSUE WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. INITIAL MALFUNCTION CAUSES ON-BOARD COMPUTER TO "BE CONFUSED" AND BRAKES DON'T PERFORM AS THEY SHOULD, CAUSING EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. ONCE ON-BOARD COMPUTER "RECOGNIZES" THE PROBLEM ABS DASHBOARD LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE DRIVER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. BROKEN ABS TONE RING WILL CAUSE ABS BRAKES TO ENGAGE ON DRY SURFACE EVEN AT THE LOWEST SPEEDS. THIS FAILURE BECOMES SERIOUS ISSUE AT THE MOMENT OF INITIAL MALFUNCTION BECAUSE THE DRIVER IS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. PLEASE VIEW COMMENTS BY OTHERS AT THE LINK BELOW. ALL COMMENTS ARE SCREEN CAPTURES WITH ORIGINAL URL VISIBLE AT THE TOP OF EACH COMMENT. HTTP://EAGLEHORIZON.COM/TONE-RING/ IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM SURPRISED THIS IS NOT A RECALL YET. I HOPE YOU CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. IT APPLIES TO MANY FORD VEHICLES DATING FROM 2001- PRESENT. *TR