Dashboard "BRAKE"

[leejust]

Does anyone know why I keep getting this "BRAKE" showing up on my dashboard? (Picture Attached) It seems to show up when I park my car and turn the ignition off.. sometimes the car will let me move and other times it will not... Much appreciated.

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[paneubert]

Your emergency brake is on......

 

[BlueSnake77]

Well I'm assuming the electronic parking brake is off? I'd rather have the old pull manual type.
Could be a loose wire or bad relay that won't let the electronic brake fully engage disengage?

 

[leejust]

Your emergency brake is on......

Initially that's what I thought but that's not it...

 

[jsus]

Initially that's what I thought but that's not it...

See your manual:

 

[catshreds]

Does anyone know why I keep getting this "BRAKE" showing up on my dashboard? (Picture Attached) It seems to show up when I park my car and turn the ignition off.. sometimes the car will let me move and other times it will not... Much appreciated.

What does your manual say?

 

[leejust]

See your manual:

@jsus @paneubert my apologize you are correct. I turned it off. Thanks. So I drove to work and back but it would go away when I put my seatbelt on and touched the gas pedal. Truck should have automatically turned this off, correct? Just want to make sure truck wasn't damaged since I didn't manually turn this off.

 

[commadorebob]

Modern Fords will just turn off that brake if you put it in gear and hit the gas. That's why you aren't noticing it.

 

[leejust]

Modern Fords will just turn off that brake if you put it in gear and hit the gas. That's why you aren't noticing it.

@commadorebob Thanks for this info! That's exactly what happened. So no damage to the vehicles brakes at all then?

 

[commadorebob]

@commadorebob Thanks for this info! That's exactly what happened. So no damage to the vehicles brakes at all then?

Nope. Took me a few times to test on my wife's Escape to realize it happens. You are good.

 

[Skifletch]

@commadorebob Thanks for this info! That's exactly what happened. So no damage to the vehicles brakes at all then?

Do you use the Hold feature? The truck will get confused if you use the hold feature (I do), come to a stop, and quickly throw the dial to park and shut the engine off with a smooth motion. It likes a little time in between each of those operations. Come to a full stop, pause. Twist dial to park, pause. Turn off ignition.

You can press the parking brake, or as mentioned, just goose the gas.

My hand accidentally slipped when I went over a bump the other day while turning off the auto start/stop feature and I hit the parking brake button at-speed. Truck made a tiny noise like it started to apply the brakes then beeped at me like I was an idiot... because I was

 

[leejust]

Do you use the Hold feature? The truck will get confused if you use the hold feature (I do), come to a stop, and quickly throw the dial to park and shut the engine off with a smooth motion. It likes a little time in between each of those operations. Come to a full stop, pause. Twist dial to park, pause. Turn off ignition.

You can press the parking brake, or as mentioned, just goose the gas.

My hand accidentally slipped when I went over a bump the other day while turning off the auto start/stop feature and I hit the parking brake button at-speed. Truck made a tiny noise like it started to apply the brakes then beeped at me like I was an idiot... because I was

@Skifletch THIS. THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.

 

[Montevilla]

OR...you turned off the ignition in D with auto-hold on. Does it everytime if you do that.

 

[gunnmitten]

OR...you turned off the ignition in D with auto-hold on. Does it everytime if you do that.

Yep, super handy for those quick stop and jump outs, stop the vehicle open the door instant e-brake. shut door, seatbelt, gas instantly no more e-brake. Pull up to the house, ignition off and the car auto parks, engages e-brake as it shuts off. It's great.

 

[TheSEARCH]

Now the old parking brake is also made to use if the main brakes fail. its not JUST for parking . So the Mav will automatically not allow the parking brake to come on while moving? Which kinda defeats the emergency brake application if the main brakes failed. Put trans into neutral will parking brakes come on while moving assuming you hit the parking brake button.?

I don't yet have a Mav so I am asking now before I get mine. I also wish it had the old style with a cable . this is just more crap to fail. Plus makes changing out rear calipers harder too.

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