I just had to put new rotors and pads on my Escape with less then 30k miles, which is ridiculous. The service department said it was because I drive "too little" miles. Are you kidding me? My Dad has a Subaru Legacy and has 70k miles on his car and still has the original brakes.

This issue also should have been covered by the warranty- which I paid extra for.It was not covered because it was considered "normal wear and tear". Yeah right- not with such few miles. I will never buy a Ford product again.

My 2017 Escape is equipped with hand controls because I am handicapped. I don't use it daily. Sometimes it will sit in the garage for up to 3 weeks without being driven. At 15,000 miles I began to notice noise coming from the rear brakes. At first it was just a light rubbing sound. It progressed to a grinding noise. So when I took it in for a recall I asked the local dealer (not the seller) to check it. Both rear rotors trashed/pads worn to metal/ one caliper kept throwing a trouble code. Dealer replaced the caliper with a Genuine Motorcraft unit, took it for a test drive, and found the caliper leaking brake fluid. Had to replace the caliper a second time with a Genuine Motorcraft unit. All with less than 20,000 miles on the car but the warranty had timed out.

I bought this vehicle new in July 2016. I took a few long trips in it, but mostly drive it less than 250 miles a month. When I went to renew the state inspection, I had put less than 5,000 miles on the vehicle in the last year. The dealership said the rear rotors were badly rusted and had to be cleaned up to pass inspection.

They had no answer as to why the rotors were rusting. They assume it is because it sits idle most of the time and I am not traveling distances which would clean them off. I suppose I can expect this every year from here on out unless a can find a more rust-resistant rotor.