thegreenboot

Hello loder. Thanks for your follow up. Well here is some additional information that EVERYONE should be aware of. To reiterate, my wife was traveling down a local road (5 lanes) and speed limit 40 mph getting into the center left turn lane, there were three additional cars in front of her. She was probably doing about 15 mph at most and began to depress the brake pedal when she experienced what we subsequently learned is called a "hard stop/hard brake" - this is when the electronic brakes fail and the manual brakes take over. Luckily, she is a very cautious driver and not prone to quick stops. The car slowed and finally came to a halt without hitting the car in front of her after she depressed the brake twice. It is very probable that she did not depress really far down (as you stated above), not being aware of how the manual brakes are supposed to take over if the electronic brakes fail. But, obviously, it was very scary. She subsequently began to experience a low-grade clicking/grinding noise when she would have the brake pedal depressed after being at a complete stop. She took the car into the Ford dealership and they arranged for a loaner car for her. She has been told that the dealership had to order a new ABS module which should be in sometime next week. These are the highlights of the situation to date. We will keep the posts updated. She is going to raise a complaint on the National Highway and Safety Traffic Administration Website http://www.nhtsa.gov. The fear for her is what would cause such a failure so early in the life cycle of the car (12,000 miles). With what you describe above and in other postings, has Continental Automotive (Tier One manufacturer of these electronic braking systems supplied to Ford) really fixed the problem with their electronic braking modules?? My wife LOVES her Fusion Hybrid and has never loved a new car as much as this one; however, she is a bit petrified now of her car. Will this new module just be another defective piece of electronics?? What if she had been traveling at a greater speed? Failed braking systems of any extent is unacceptable.

My wife drives a 2014 FF Hybrid and just at the 12000 mile mark the IP brake system indicator came on as well. In addition to that she has notice a difference in the braking. First time occurred just after the indicator came on. While driving around for her office, she was approaching cars stopped at a light (speed approximately 10-15 mph) and as she attempted to apply the brakes the vehicle wouldn't stop but just slowed slightly. She pressed down on the brakes hard but still only slowed, she let up on the pedal and pressed again and the brakes engaged like they normally do. She drove it another day with no improvement. So we took it to our dealer, who's personnel said that they didn't know why the indicator came on, hadn't heard of any issues like she described, but would take a look at it. I am very curious if anyone else has experienced this problem with the brakes. I look forward to any replies. Thank you