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Brake fault lights

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Changed my front pads on my 21 st and put everything back together and now I have multiple brake fault lights. Advance trac and parking brake fault. I put in maintenance and back out but no fix and I low braking power. Last time it made the lights go on but it went away quickly. This time I did remove the cap on reservoir before removing pads not sure if that got air in system.
Any help would be appreciated.


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edeyoung2 said:
Changed my front pads on my 21 st and put everything back together and now I have multiple brake fault lights. Advance trac and parking brake fault. I put in maintenance and back out but no fix and I low braking power. Last time it made the lights go on but it went away quickly. This time I did remove the cap on reservoir before removing pads not sure if that got air in system.
Any help would be appreciated.


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I'm having the exact problem. Did the same thing removing the reservoir cap to suck out old fluid to make room when pushing front caliper pistons back in. Gonna bleed the brake system next. Have you resolved your issue it yet?
 

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Fordcus Fan said:
I'm having the exact problem. Did the same thing removing the reservoir cap to suck out old fluid to make room when pushing front caliper pistons back in. Gonna bleed the brake system next. Have you resolved your issue it yet?
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I had a friend with a scan tool reset the codes and it fixed everything. Bleeding won’t fix anything I tried that. He told me always pump the brakes a few times before turning on the car after working on the brakes.
Hope that helps.


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If no scan tool, disconnect neg battery terminal for a few minutes (10min). Not explorer but both my daughters’ Honda Accords lit up like a Christmas tree after brake jobs. Disconnecting the battery cleared all the lights on those cars.


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Did try disconnecting the negative for bout 30 minutes. Didn't work. Found a halfway decent scan tool thou at harbor freight for 130 bucks. Cleared everything. Thanks for the fast replies.:)
 

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