what’s this mean is this my electric parking brake? will it affect my brakes?
When it happened on mine, the Rear Passenger caliper was stuck on and was dragging like crazy. I had just replaced all 4 pads and rotors. There is a service mode for these that they have to be in or you can “brake” them replacing pads.
@Haru
Ford bled my brakes and replaced a caliper not even three weeks ago.
@Haru
should i reset them?
If the dealership isn’t trash people they could fix it out of courtesy. For them doing the work and not doing it properly. Doesn’t hurt to call and check.
You can try to reset it by putting it into brake maintenance and taking it back out. Does it drag or feel sluggish? If Ford did the work I think I’d take it them and then you can say you’re the last person to touch it and it wasn’t like this before.
@Haru
Weird you say that the same exact thing happened to my GFs 2017 SE after I changed pads and rotors. Rear passenger caliper melted the pads to the rotors.
Sidney said:
@Haru
Weird you say that the same exact thing happened to my GFs 2017 SE after I changed pads and rotors. Rear passenger caliper melted the pads to the rotors.
The mechanic that changed mine called, and apparently, the rear passenger has a design flaw. It will drip brake fluid when it fails. The tech told him he’d only ever seen it fail like that on that wheel.
Happened to my electronic park brake '13 Fusion when sometimes the park brake switch stuck in the middle. Just move the switch a little bit with my finger and it goes away.
Parking brakes, not driving brakes. So yes, you can drive, but pay attention to any noises. If you hear something very loud or if a wheel is having difficulty turning, you should call a tow truck.
Vern said:
Parking brakes, not driving brakes. So yes, you can drive, but pay attention to any noises. If you hear something very loud or if a wheel is having difficulty turning, you should call a tow truck.
Update: drove home, no strange sounds, brakes worked just fine.
Vern said:
Parking brakes, not driving brakes. So yes, you can drive, but pay attention to any noises. If you hear something very loud or if a wheel is having difficulty turning, you should call a tow truck.
The parking brake is probably just misconfigured in the software. It happened to me once when I changed the pads.
@Vern
Should I try resetting them?
There was a recall for something with the parking brake from a few years ago. Not sure if this is it but yeah. I haven’t fixed mine.
Vern said:
Parking brakes, not driving brakes. So yes, you can drive, but pay attention to any noises. If you hear something very loud or if a wheel is having difficulty turning, you should call a tow truck.
I put the car in park and turned the car off and sat with the radio in for maybe 5 mins. As soon as I opened my door, this came on.
Likely due to the fact they didn’t release Maintenance mode on them before giving it back. I’d follow the process of putting them in service mode and back out to see if it clears. If not, could be they missed something — an electrical connector on the rear brake caliper.
Yes, but you can’t stop
Arley said:
Yes, but you can’t stop
My brakes won’t work???
Arley said:
Yes, but you can’t stop
My brakes won’t work???
Sorry I was just kidding. I honestly don’t know. Please google it. Good luck.