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Parking brake automatically engages
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No, it does not. It has nothing to do with the rear subframe and the bolt or bolts that hold the rear axle carrier assy in place. The only reason the parking brake auto engages is a CYA for ford. In case the bolt on the rear subframe does break, it will keep the vehicle from rolling away and possibly causing more damage because in a total failure situation the axle(s) may become dislodged from the center section and the parking pawl inside the transmission will be rendered useless.
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May not be a big deal until you have to replace those bloody expensive calipers because they're being used in situations where they're not needed. Obviously parking on any sort of incline would warrant the use of a parking brake but when you're on a flat surface your parking brake is just clearly not needed. Go price out with a new calipers worth from Ford and you may change your tune pretty quickly about wanting to turn off this feature and only applying the parking brake when you want to do it. A smart people know how to drive our vehicles properly and don't need to be bubble wrapped when operating a vehicle
[IQUOTE="Mad Max, post: 75949, member: 10759"]May not be a big deal until you have to replace those bloody expensive calipers because they're being used in situations where they're not needed. Obviously parking on any sort of incline would warrant the use of a parking brake but when you're on a flat surface your parking brake is just clearly not needed. Go price out with a new calipers worth from Ford and you may change your tune pretty quickly about wanting to turn off this feature and only applying the parking brake when you want to do it. A smart people know how to drive our vehicles properly and don't need to be bubble wrapped when operating a vehicle[/QUOTE]
This is my first vehicle with an electric parking brake, so my experience may be worthless but I have found that not using a parking brake leads to a much faster failure of the components than using the parking brake ever has.
This is my first vehicle with an electric parking brake, so my experience may be worthless but I have found that not using a parking brake leads to a much faster failure of the components than using the parking brake ever has.
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This is my first vehicle with an electric parking brake, so my experience may be worthless but I have found that not using a parking brake leads to a much faster failure of the components than using the parking brake ever has.[/QUOTE]
Oh I would definitely keep using it but when you stop and think that instead of only using it maybe once or twice a day you're Now using it perhaps a dozen times a day. I'm working on cars for over 40 years and I always instruct people to regularly use their parking brake so that it doesn't seize up. Another thing I didn't mention earlier is that I've seen a lot of people complaining that in the winter time when slush builds up on these things and you get a really bad freezing overnight that the parking brakes won't release
Oh I would definitely keep using it but when you stop and think that instead of only using it maybe once or twice a day you're Now using it perhaps a dozen times a day. I'm working on cars for over 40 years and I always instruct people to regularly use their parking brake so that it doesn't seize up. Another thing I didn't mention earlier is that I've seen a lot of people complaining that in the winter time when slush builds up on these things and you get a really bad freezing overnight that the parking brakes won't release
Oh I would definitely keep using it but when you stop and think that instead of only using it maybe once or twice a day you're Now using it perhaps a dozen times a day. I'm working on cars for over 40 years and I always instruct people to regularly use their parking brake so that it doesn't seize up. Another thing I didn't mention earlier is that I've seen a lot of people complaining that in the winter time when slush builds up on these things and you get a really bad freezing overnight that the parking brakes won't release[/QUOTE]
I would say that drivers either use the parking brake or they don't. It is rare for someone to just use it when they think they need to. Yes, winter can be a challenge for a mechanical parking brake, but most of the issues are related to freezing cables and an electric parking brake avoids that issue.
I would say that drivers either use the parking brake or they don't. It is rare for someone to just use it when they think they need to. Yes, winter can be a challenge for a mechanical parking brake, but most of the issues are related to freezing cables and an electric parking brake avoids that issue.
