There is another thread about this recall started last week.
That is interesting. So it applies the parking brake automatically every time?
Mine does. 2025 Lariat hybrid. Also, when I turn it off, it is automatically set to park and the parking brake is set. When I start the truck and select forward or reverse, then press the accelerator, the parking brake releases. I only do it manually just as a precaution to confirm it's engaged.
The parking brake procedure Tim mentioned in his Maverick Monday video is not how it is described in my 25 Lariat Hybrid owner's manual. It mentions nothing about first selecting neutral from drive and then placing in park. And to disengage, it states to manually do so with the lever. I do realize that the e-brake will release with the accelerator once the vehicle is placed into D or R,.but Tim made it sound like that was proper procedure.
In 56 years of driving Have never used a parking brake, even in stick shift vehicles, my 25 Lariat I see the parking brake light on all the time? I have never touched it.
It’s intermittent on my hybrid. Maybe depending on whether I’m parking on a slight incline.
Exactly. But not every time, for some reason.
I tested this yesterday to confirm after I made the post. In my garage where the floor is level, the parking brake did not engage. I backed out onto the driveway which has a slight slope, it did engage.
Yes, from the 2025 owners manual under "Park (P)":
Yup, from the 2025 owners manual under "Park (P)":
