pbritt

Tell that to my wife who's"percieved loss of braking"resulted in a estimate of $1948.00 of damage to our 2010 FFH with 8,500 miles on it when the car wouldn't stop. Guess your right.Not a saftey issue till it happens to you.Still waiting on Ford as the dealer agrees that it is not her responcibility.

Had my update done last week after my wife had a slow speed accident on feb 11th when she stepped on the brakes without any braking.I contacted my dealer immediatly after the accident and took the car to them.They test drove the car and could find no problems.I asked if they have heard of any brake issues with the fusion hybrid and they stated none that they are aware of.I then went online and found several reports of the same thing happening but there were no reported accidents yet.Consumer reports had a big article and also info on the recall which I took back to the dealer to have them check in their computer system and now they found the recall.The next week I got mine in the mail and took car in to have done.The dealership gave me a original estimate of $521.Then when I took it to them to fix it has turned into $1948.I have contacted Ford and they sent me forms to fill out to try and get them to repair my "percieved loss of brakes".I have filed a complaint with the NHTSA and they are doing a investigation on the hybrid brakes which are the same as toyotas system.I have filed paperwork with the Atty.General in NYS.All this and my dealership says this is in no way my wifes fault but we have to jump through hoops first.If Ford has not contacted me within the next two weeks I have a scheduled interview with our local T.V. station and paper where they want to do a report on my car and the "percieved loss of brakes"as Ford calls it.The same percieved loss of brakes that happened to a consumer reports test driver as he went through a intersection while test driving this car.Granted my wife hasn't had the experience of a 30 plus year test engineer that the CR driver does but her accident happened in a real world situation not on a test ground.

Had my update done last week after my wife had a slow speed accident on feb 11th when she stepped on the brakes without any braking.I contacted my dealer immediatly after the accident and took the car to them.They test drove the car and could find no problems.I asked if they have heard of any brake issues with the fusion hybrid and they stated none that they are aware of.I then went online and found several reports of the same thing happening but there were no reported accidents yet.Consumer reports had a big article and also info on the recall which I took back to the dealer to have them check in their computer system and now they found the recall.The next week I got mine in the mail and took car in to have done.The dealership gave me a original estimate of $521.Then when I took it to them to fix it has turned into $1948.I have contacted Ford and they sent me forms to fill out to try and get them to repair my "percieved loss of brakes".I have filed a complaint with the NHTSA and they are doing a investigation on the hybrid brakes which are the same as toyotas system.I have filed paperwork with the Atty.General in NYS.All this and my dealership says this is in no way my wifes fault but we have to jump through hoops first.If Ford has not contacted me within the next two weeks I have a scheduled interview with our local T.V. station and paper where they want to do a report on my car and the "percieved loss of brakes"as Ford calls it.The same percieved loss of brakes that happened to a consumer reports test driver as he went through a intersection while test driving this car.Granted my wife hasn't had the experience of a 30 plus year test engineer that the CR driver does but her accident happened in a real world situation not on a test ground.