NHTSA Complaint #11302732 — 2015 FORD ESCAPE

TODAY, 1/29/2020 @ APPROX 755AM I WAS EXITING S BOUND K-7 ONTO COLLEGE BLVD IN OLATHE KS. THERE IS APPROX 1/2 INCH OF SLUSH ON THE GROUND. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45-50MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AND I TRIED TO STOP. MY BREAKPEDAL STARTED VIBRATING AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DEPRESSED. THE STABILITY LIGHT ON MY DASH LIT UP. I SLID UPHILL OVER 50 FEET AND INTO THE INTERSECTION. I HAD NO ABILITY TO STOP. I WAS POWERLESS TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF MY VEHILCLE BECAUSE MY VEHICLE'S SYSTEM OVERRODE ME AS A DRIVER. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED BUT THAT ONLY BECAUSE THE OTHER CARS HAD NOTICED MY LACK OF CONTROL AND DIDN'T ENTER THE INTERSECTION. AGAIN, I HAD NO ABILITY TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE STABILITY CONTROL OVERRODE MY DRIVING ABILITY. AS SOON AS I SKIDDED TO A STOP THE ESC TURNED OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE, STEER AND BREAK APPROPRIATELY. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BECAUSE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I HOPE THERE ARE TRAFFIC CAMERAS AND RECORDINGS OF THIS. I INTEND TO TRADE IN THIS VEHICLE TODAY TO ZECK FORD IN LEAVENWORTH KS, WHERE I BOUGHT IT IN JULY 2016.