Automatic Parking Brake Applied

[Waterick]

Good grief, are we so lazy that we can't manually apply a parking brake? A handle has been provided for your convenience. Select park, parking brake, exit. There, that wasn't so hard.

Kind of helps make up for all the "OK" Button pushes and multiple drive mode button pushes on start up. lol!

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[Speed2000]

this is it. 1-800 Ford said it's designed to work this way as a normal exit procedure. Done. No more telling me about what's safe or habits with other vehicles or some boomer muscle memory steps you have been doing since the 70s! I just thought I could get an answer about if doing that was bad for the vehicle. Turns out it's not...I should have just started by calling the 1800 number.

Come to a stop, open the door (make sure you don't look in your mirror for oncoming traffic, that only happens in Hyundai commercials) and the brake comes on ( just like my little sisters Close an' Play record player), turn off the truck (make sure not to turn off the A/C or the radio or lights and go ahead and turn on the wipers just in case it's raining later, your battery needs the extra draw with all that shit running next time you start it up) and it goes in park.

Oh, one more thing us boomers would do is back into that parking space so it's easier to get a jump start or towed back to Ford.

 

[Deleted member 35678]

Come to a stop, open the door (make sure you don't look in your mirror for oncoming traffic, that only happens in Hyundai commercials) and the brake comes on ( just like my little sisters Close an' Play record player), turn off the truck (make sure not to turn off the A/C or the radio or lights and go ahead and turn on the wipers just in case it's raining later, your battery needs the extra draw with all that shit running next time you start it up) and it goes in park.

Oh, one more thing us boomers would do is back into that parking space so it's easier to get a jump start or towed back to Ford.

I know there's a passive aggressive insult in there but it’s very hard to follow given your poor syntax.

 

[OneAlienBoi]

Most people I know don't use the parking brake at all unless they park on a steep incline because there's no need. I was worried about how cars move a bit if you don't apply the parking brake, but apparently, that doesn't hurt anything according to multiple mechanics I've talked to.

You left out, set the Parking Brake (before you put the vehicle in Park).

 

[Speed2000]

No insult intended, just Boomer muscle memory lol.

Following the steps in the video you posted works but would get you an instant failure on a driver's test. Coming to a stop then opening the door with the engine running and vehicle in drive is a bad idea. Sure, the Maverick is "supposed" to turn on the parking brake for you but there are posts here where the vehicle just shuts off for no reason when it's "supposed" to be doing 75 mph in the fast lane.

Turning off your vehicle with any of the accessories on is a bad idea too., especially if your AC is left on. While that doesn't technically hurt anything, if you have a weak battery, starting up with AC on may just be enough extra draw to keep the engine from turning over. Not sure if that's the case the the AC on the hybrid but with all the dead hybrid posts, I'd want to make sure to eliminate as many parasitic losses as possible.

I was taught (back in the 70's) to come to a stop, set the parking brake, put vehicle in park, shut off all the accessories, turn off the vehicle, undo the seat belt then check the mirror before opening the door. If it had a manual transmission, I'd put it back in gear after shutting off the engine...most cars back then had tendency for the parking brakes to wear out or need constant adjustment so leaving it in gear was about all there was keeping them from rolling down hill.

I was also taught that if parallel parking, to turn the steering wheel towards the curb before you got out. That way if anyone bumped into your car, it wouldn't end up in the middle of the street.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Most people I know don't use the parking brake at all unless they park on a steep incline because there's no need.

I've lived in Hilly area so long that it is second nature for me to put my foot on the brake, put on the parking brake and then put the car in park, Even if I happen to park on a level surface.
I guess Flatlanders don't do that.

 

[Tbone289]

I was also taught that if parallel parking, to turn the steering wheel towards the curb before you got out. That way if anyone bumped into your car, it wouldn't end up in the middle of the street.

You're supposed to turn toward the curb when the vehicle is parked pointed downhill, and away from the curb when parked pointed uphill. In each case, if the parking brake or transmission fails to hold it in place, the front wheels will contact the curb and stop the vehicle from rolling.

If the concern is the car rolling into the street from being hit from in front or behind on level ground, you should point the wheels straight.

 

[billbillw]

Looks like our smarter than smart OP was removed for inciting a riot amongst the Generation Boomers. Or maybe the Ford Engineers had him removed for bad advice.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Most people I know don't use the parking brake at all unless they park on a steep incline because there's no need. I was worried about how cars move a bit if you don't apply the parking brake, but apparently, that doesn't hurt anything according to multiple mechanics I've talked to.

In the past someone posted that he was parked on the flat with his hybrid in park without the electric parking brake set. His parked truck had transaxle damage from a relative light bump (might be a vote for turning wheel towards curb to reduce sliding at least in one direction?).

 

[HeyBales]

In the past someone posted that he was parked on the flat with his hybrid in park without the electric parking brake set. His parked truck had transaxle damage from a relative light bump (might be a vote for turning wheel towards curb to reduce sliding at least in one direction?).

Now I'm wishing those Weber University videos on the hybrid trannies would point out if that parking pawl shown was small, normal, larger than avg.
I don't feel like watching through another tranny video just to catch a comment and view of it.

I'd hope a normal sized pawl was used. Then again I'd hope a normal CV was used.

ETA:
Hmmm, now you got me concerned about parking in spaces way out to avoid cart/car damage.
Exactly the same areas people are short cutting thru as they drive in/out of a lot and perhaps not always watching where they are going - that's an easy 5-10 mph "tap" I've heard of a few times.

 

[HeyBales]

Looks like our smarter than smart OP was removed for inciting a riot amongst the Generation Boomers. Or maybe the Ford Engineers had him removed for bad advice.

Ya, I guess that last comment was a tad fuller of thoughts towards several of us.

I really wanted to add:
Just because you have some illogical thinking (can't remember to set parking brake, but will remember to do these 4 things in correct order), doesn't mean you can't go and totally rely on safety elements built into a vehicle. Like - did you know about the safety braking system that you should test first with a brick wall.

 

[HappyMavDenver]

Ya, I guess that last comment was a tad fuller of thoughts towards several of us.

I really wanted to add:
Just because you have some illogical thinking (can't remember to set parking brake, but will remember to do these 4 things in correct order), doesn't mean you can't go and totally rely on safety elements built into a vehicle. Like - did you know about the safety braking system that you should test first with a brick wall.

Yeah I'm glad that guy is gone, seemed like a real jerk. No place to be hurting feelings on here

 

[HappyMavDenver]

Is there anything wrong with my new process for exiting the vehicle. I pull into a parking spot and while still in D and seatbelted with foot on brake I just open the door and then push button the ignition off. Two things seem to automatically happen with that. When I open the door with seatbelt on the (p)arking brake gets automatically applied and when I turn off the ignition the truck puts itself into Park.
Any reason this can not be the normal way to exit the vehicle long term? Manual is not that clear.

You know your stuff! Everything you said is absolutely the right way to do that and nothing will damage the vehicle long term with that process...might actually help things since you are automatically putting the parking brake on in all instances now. You do need to call out that for the Parking Brake to automatically engage, you also need to be sure you have the brake hold function turned on. Sorry you left us.

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