Why do we have brake maintenance mode.

[DScruggs]

Another Senior citizen here and I will NEVER go back to old fashioned zero tech vehicles. I have EARNED the creature comforts including the dial shifter.

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[Eggflipper]

At sixty years of age, how the vehicle goes “into gear” is a non-issue for me. I do however enjoy not having to put it in park before turning off the ignition. Getting lazy on my old age I guess.

 

[ABTremor]

People keep bitching about the dial shifter. Another old fart here (75), but I like it. 2nd vehicle with (other 2020 Escape Titanium). Saves so much space on the console. I only wish it would default to the last setting used when you shut the car off. I use ECO mode much of the time, on the Escape had to hit the button twice to get into Eco, now on my Mav, have to hit it 4 times then hit the OK button on the steering wheel to get rid of the damn seat belt reminder. Grrrrrrrrrrr. No seat reminder on my Escape.

My trick for the seat belt reminder is
1) buckle all the rear seat belts and leave them buckled. Noone usually sits there anyway.
2) buckle my seat belt before inserting the key and/or starting the vehicle. NOTE: If you have a front seat passenger have them buckle up also.
When I start the vehicle I don't get the annoying pop up on the dash or the chime.

 

[The Real Maverick]

I happened to ask my local mechanic about this, last time I took the truck in for an oil change. He was very aware of the procedure for doing rear brakes on Fords that had an e-parking brake. He also said I probably wouldn't need a brake job on my Hybrid for at least 100,000 miles, since most of my braking is done regeneratively.

I don't think there are any Ford authorized service centers in my area that can be trusted to not rip off customers.

With gentle driving, the hybrid brake pads will easily last 200,000 miles.

Also use brake service mode / procedure for ANY wheel on a hybrid. Fronts too.

Any brake caliper can move automatically on hybrids.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Taking apart the brakes every 3-5 years and re-lubing the caliper slide pins etc is a good idea. Also flushing the fluid every 3-5 years as well.

Unless you do a lot of towing or drive aggressively, you probably won't have to replace the brakes at all. My wife's Prius had 140k on it and still had original pads/rotors which were only halfway down from factory new (rotors were actually new factory spec).

This. I should have been more specific in my post. Mechanic was referring to life of the pads. I will definitely follow the owner's manual regarding brake maintenance/fluid replacement schedule.

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