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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1FMCU96HX6K••••••2006 Ford ESCAPE HYBRID
This build draws 1.7× more complaints than the average 2006 Ford ESCAPE HYBRID build (7 vs 4).
7on this build
193on the model
47builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedService Brakes 4Hydraulic 1Visibility 1Engine And Engine Cooling 1
What owners of this build wrote
Service BrakescrashJul 2016
I was driving along the highway coming up to an intersection, preparing to stop at a red light in the left turn lane, when my breaks completely failed. The break pedal was stiff, and would not budge. We hit two cars that were sitting at the intersection, totaling my ford escape…
SteeringJan 2024
Like so many others, I was making a sharp right turn when the vehicle stopped without warning causing cars behind me to slam on their brakes to avoid a chain rear end collision event on a busy intersection. Another driver offered help and got it restarted but the power steering…
Engine And Engine CoolingJan 2011
On my way to work this morning the warning "stop safely now", illuminated on my dash and the vehicle immediately shutdown in the middle of the road. I was very fortunate that I was only going 25 miles per hour and immediately put my emergency lights on which prevented traffic…
VisibilityDec 2009
31 degrees driving 5 mph.. I had a 45 min commute to work had the defrost on when I left home.. Got to work and my rear window exploded while driving in the parking lot. No other moving vehicles around and smooth well maintained parking lot. The glass went in billions of pieces…
Service BrakesDec 2016
While driving (not braking) the car on an interstate highway for about one hour, the ABS and brake lights illuminated on dash along with the message "service brake system" and a ping sound. When brakes were next applied they had become very soft and not as responsive. I pulled…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FMCU96HX6KA08568 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.