2008 Ford Escape Electronic Stability Control Esc Service Brakes Problems

I WAS DROPPING MY CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL. I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK AND WHEN I PULLED OUT AND WENT TO USE MY BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE PEDAL VIBRATED LIKE ABS WAS ENGAGED. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT IT WAS VERY SLOWLY. I WAS GOING UNDER 10 MPH.WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE AGAIN MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND YOU COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF THE TRACTION CONTROL BEING ENGAGED. I HAD TO STOP TWO MORE TIMES ON MY WAY HOME AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO BY DRIVING ONLY 5 MPH WITH MY FOUR WAYS ON. THE TRACTION CONTROL SOUND WAS INTERMITTENT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUED TO GO TO THE FLOOR AND VIBRATE. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND MAKE SOUNDS. I WAS ONLY 1 MILE FROM HOME AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHILE I WAS MAKING A SHORT TRIP UNDER 3 MILES BOTH WAYS. IT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND PULLED OUT. AFTER DOING SOME REASEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND THAT I WAS DRIVING SLOW AT THE TIME. I JUST DROPPED MY CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL. HAD THIS OCCURRED AT ANOTHER TIME WE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS WELL AS ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. I HAVE CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP TODAY TO HAVE MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. SINCE THIS IS A COMMON AND SERIOUS PROBLEM I FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

WHILE DRIVING MY FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FORD ESCAPE ON A TRIP THE ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS BOTH CAME ON. THIS DID NOT INITIALLY CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS WITH NORMAL BRAKING WHILE DRIVING IN DRY CONDITIONS. AT THE END OF THE TRIP THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED ON EVERY STOP, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING STOPPING DISTANCE ON DRY GROUND. MY INVESTIGATION FOUND THE FOLLOWING: RUSTING OF THE DRIVESHAFT SURFACE APPARENTLY CAUSED OUTWARD PRESSURE ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT RIGHT ABS TONE RING RESULTING IN IT SEPARATING IN ONE SPOT. THIS PROBABLY CREATED A ERROR IN THE MONITORING BY THAT ABS SENSOR RESULTING IN THE LIGHTS COMING ON. THE RING MAY HAVE HELD FAST TO THE RUST UNDER THE REMAINDER OF THE RING DURING MOST OF MY TRIP CAUSING NO OTHER PROBLEMS. NEAR THE END OF MY TRIP THE CRACKED RING APPEARS TO HAVE SHAKEN FREE, SLIPPING ON THE ROTATING DRIVESHAFT SURFACE. THIS MAY HAVE MADE THE SENSOR THINK THE WHEEL WAS NOT TURNING AND APPLIED THE ABS TO THAT WHEEL EACH TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DANGER THEN BECAME INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE ON DRY GROUND AND UNKNOWN PERFORMANCE ON SLIPPERY SURFACES. IN CHECKING AROUND, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE OTHER RING WILL CRACK EVENTUALLY DUE TO SIMILAR RUSTING. REPAIRING THIS REQUIRES THE RING TO BE REPLACED AND POSSIBLY THE DRIVESHAFT SECTION IT IS MOUNTED ON. *TR

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE CAR JERKED/PULSATES AND ABS INDICATOR BLINKED. THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUOUS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH. *TR

MY THIRD FORD AND AGAIN RIGHT FRONT ABS RING CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR