Other brake problem on the 2010 Ford Escape
1 crash 1 of the 23 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other brake problem gets reported
Owners of the 2010 Ford Escape report other brake problem at a median of 75,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 120,000 miles, from 19 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 20th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 25,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 130,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 104,933 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
16% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,463 miles | 48,000 miles | 74,759 miles | 120,000 miles | 130,396 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 22 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2021, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2002 at 122,500 miles.
By volume the 2008 carries the most reports, with 63; the 2010 has 23. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Brakes went out and we almost hit someone but we didn't. Brake system failure message appeared when it happened but no warning before. Turned off car then turned on and brakes seem to be working now intermittently. Ford escape 2010. Hybrid with only 21000 highway miles. Just had the 20000 check at the dealer 2 weeks ago and we were told brakes were fine. I can't believe there had not been a recall since many other owners online seemed to have had the same problem. We. Could have been in a serious accident . Thank goodness no one got hurt. Taking it to the dealer tomorrow morning. *tr
Vehicle began throttling while driving on the freeway. Engine light came on. As I pulled over, vehicle slowed down jumping forward. Applied brakes and still kept jumping forward. Switched gear to park and car stalled. Turned on after a few tries. Continues to jump forward and shake. After a few minutes problem went away and vehicle drove normal. Three weeks later same occurrence. This week another occurrence of the problem. Contacted sunrise ford dealer in north hollywood ,ca and was told I need to pay $150.00 diagnostic fee. *tr
I was leaving the dealership for an unrelated service and noticed that my car was having trouble going- it felt labored. Initially I thought it was cold or something but soon realized there was a serious problem. I turned around and drove back to the dealer (1-2 miles round trip). When I stopped the car it smoked. My service person says its a potential problem with the brake system and with the hcu. Basically my front brakes locked up while I was driving. No warning lights were on. My car is still in the shop because the parts needed to ultimately fix and diagnose are on backorder until mid feb. Also, there are apparently a couple other ford escapes in the shop right now with the same problem. I believe the parts on are backorder because this is a systemic issue with the escapes. This is a safety issue and I believe these cars should be recalled. You have my permission to contact my service person [xxx] at holmes tuttle ford at 520-292-3785. My repair order # is[xxx]. Feel free to contact me as well if you find it necessary. Thank you in advance for looking into this safety issue. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of…
Also reported on the 2010 Ford Escape
Other speed control problem
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Other fuel system problem
Other steering problem
Other electrical problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 23 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2010 Ford Escape?
Across 19 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 75,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 120,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2010 Ford Escape?
23 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed