Total brake failure in 23 maverick with 8000 miles on it

[Phimosis]

I was going to the store in heavy traffic in Phoenix and hit the brakes nothing there….got to the dealer eventually was told the module imploded that controls the brakes…this could of been fatal for me I took a driveway instead of hitting the car in front of me then on his yard I hit the ebrake called ford got basically no where believe me this was a horrific situation…hope no one else has this experience

Federal motor vehicle safety standard 49 CFR part 571 section 5.1.2-5.1.7 requires that electric brakes, brake by wire systems and regenerative braking systems all have manual backups in case of electrical subsystem failure.

If there was truly no backup braking system after electrical failure, the NHTSA absolutely needs to know about it, because that would lead to a stop sale order on the Maverick and a recall of all previously manufactured Maverick hybrids.

If your case is found to be an edge case where both the electric brake system and the backup, manual brake system both failed, please report back to us to explain what actually happened.

Posts like this can create fear and distrust of the product being criticized. No sense in fear mongering. Let’s get to the bottom of this and figure out if the manual, backup “service brakes” were working correctly, or if your statements are accurate and the backup system actually failed.

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[The Real Maverick]

Federal motor vehicle safety standard 49 CFR part 571 section 5.1.2-5.1.7 requires that electric brakes, brake by wire systems and regenerative braking systems all have manual backups in case of electrical subsystem failure.

If there was truly no backup braking system after electrical failure, the NHTSA absolutely needs to know about it, because that would lead to a stop sale order on the Maverick and a recall of all previously manufactured Maverick hybrids.

If your case is found to be an edge case where both the electric brake system and the backup, manual brake system both failed, please report back to us to explain what actually happened.

Posts like this can create fear and distrust of the product being criticized. No sense in fear mongering. Let’s get to the bottom of this and figure out if the manual, backup “service brakes” were working correctly, or if your statements are accurate and the backup system actually failed.

There could truly be no brakes if a brake line failed and all/most of the brake fluid leaked out.

I had this happen in my 2500HD Duramax Diesel truck. Front brake line detached.

The 6.6L diesel had enough torque at idle to overpower the parking brake (traditional cable pull to the rear).

I had to put truck into neutral while using the parking brake while keeping it about 20 MPH to limp to a dealer.

Lucky for me I had a looong deceleration ramp coming off the highway that first time.

 

[dochawk]

So to feel 20 again I only need to make it to 65?

I'm 70 and I know the time may come where I have to give up my keys.

you're ten years ahead of me, but I figure that (and take comfort in) by the time my kids take my keys, self driving vehicles won't even be novel.

I use the ebrake every time I park to build muscle memory.

it used to drive my law partners nuts when I took the company car and set the parking brakes. It's just part of parking a car; wheels are always turned, too.

It takes a lot of effort to remember not to set them when parking.

As for wild brake failure experiences . . . about twenty years ago, I crested the summit of the Rockies in the biggest u-haul and biggest trailer, when the transmission lever linkage failed, so no downshifting (I said that it was u-haul!).

That was a white-knuckle flight downhill, torn between daring a bit more brake or a bit more speed.

When we finally got it slowed down, there was an offramp right there which included a camp site.

A simple glance at the disks was more than enough to make it clear to the untrained eye (mine) that those discs were done. I never would have guessed that they could warp that far from a disk . . .

 

[710-oil-614]

OP should have heard from dealership by now. Another flyby?

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

OP should have heard from dealership by now. Another flyby?

I'd like to see the service order with the part that they replaced.

 

[oysterville]

OP should have heard from dealership by now. Another flyby?

Not been here since the day they posted, three days ago

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