http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/ Ford Escape & Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:29 GMT Two Dogs http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14996 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14996 I didn't see you getting an answer, so, no - the "parking brake" in the `08 and later models is operated by a pedal to apply the brake, and a T-shaped Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:07 GMT Two Dogs http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14995 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14995 Wow, `Homer' - I had to look twice at your post, because it's written exactly as I would have done it! ...have you got a web-cam running that I'm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:38:16 GMT kewldawgpa http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14994 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14994 I have to agree with you, because this happen to me once. I got into the car to just move it in the driveway. Being a bit lazy, I didn't sit fully into the Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:04:54 GMT homersaydoe http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14993 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14993 Actually if you read my entire post you would have seen that I addressed the Toyota case with the CHP officer. I do not think we know that he was fit - that is Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:27:33 GMT Jim Chinnis http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14992 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14992 You sure your wife wasn't just angry about something? ... -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:03:19 GMT pdb http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14991 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14991 I have to agree with TwoDogs. My wife was sitting in our Grand Cherokee, engine idling. I was behind the car doing something. Suddenly I heard the engine roar, Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:32 GMT Two Dogs http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14990 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14990 We don't know all the facts about this report (it seemed to me that the retired-cop husband was talking his wife through the event while she was on a Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:24:43 GMT kewldawgpa http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14989 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14989 On an '08, is the emergency brake handle still on the console between the seats? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:02 GMT RonaldT http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14988 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14988 38MPG - boy I am "Green" with envy. I have only achieved that in my o5 on short trips of 20-30miles. Ronald Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:42:18 GMT homersaydoe http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14987 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14987 The Brakes will always overpower the gas - even if the assist is not functioning. At highway speed it may take a really long time (too long to be safe). It did Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:21:25 GMT triode833a http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14986 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14986 The hybrid version of Escape and Mariner (and FFH) do not have an accelerator cable. Look in the "Files" section at a file titled: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:44:06 GMT charli66062 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14985 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14985 ... Have you ever known a police officer to do that? ... Because talking to th' missus is easier than grabbing that brake handle located between the seats? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:39:09 GMT charli66062 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14984 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14984 Think they might have jammed something when they sprinted away from the Portsmouth toll booths heading North? Stranger things have happened, I suppose.. -Sue Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:35:25 GMT smoove http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14983 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14983 Sounds concerning and at the same time a questionable report. The cruise control & throttle systems never "override" the brake system. In fact, tapping the Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:17:40 GMT GPS Man http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14982 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/message/14982 Gear ratio MAY have changed.  Maybe not.  If so, probably only slightly. What's the point you wish to get across?  My 2005 can go at least 105 MPH. Engine