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.