the power assist is electric, but the wheel is still connected to the linkage. You don't lose that in a power loss.Would this not apply to the steering as well? First vehicle I've owned w/o a PS pump.
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the power assist is electric, but the wheel is still connected to the linkage. You don't lose that in a power loss.Would this not apply to the steering as well? First vehicle I've owned w/o a PS pump.
From O&M Manualā¦You would think the Ford engineers would have made that parking brake usable or even activated in loss of electronics. Isolated system? It would be nice to hear from @Ford Motor Company
When I learned to drive, my family had an early '70s Dodge 3/4-ton (360 V8) in the fleet that had no power steering or brakes, and a 4-speed with the granny low. Talk about truly learning to drive. But I got pretty good at it and could even parallel park the beast.A good friend of mine in college (late 90's) had this pretty little girlfriend who drove a mid-80's (?) Nissan pickup. Always thought it was kind've a cool truck. Then one day I rode in it with her and discovered it had no power anything. She was manhandling the steering and firmly braking.
Then one day he drove it on set (I was a film major) and I had to move it. Dang! It was very hard to steer especially. She may have been tiny, but she could drive a truck.
Crazy, never seen anything like that in my five Wranglers, TJ, JK, and JL.Similar experience to my Jeeps (TJ JK JL). Worst was the JK which would shut down completely randomly for about 5 seconds. Everything electronic would just blip off. Happened perhaps 5 or 6 times and was never replicated. TJ would shut down all electronics and I was able to figure out that the entire dashboard was becoming unplugged. I knew it for certain when the entire dashboard came down into my lap. The JL 'only' did it 2 or three times in 5 years. There would be a loud audible "POP" through the stereo and all electronics would blip off and then back on and reset everything Almost as if there was a static discharge. Was never replicated nor serviced.
My XJ had the issue, turned out to be old battery cables shorting out. Replaced them with an upgraded kit and never an issue again. I think it's pretty common as they sell a sht-ton of those cables.When I learned to drive, my family had an early '70s Dodge 3/4-ton (360 V8) in the fleet that had no power steering or brakes, and a 4-speed with the granny low. Talk about truly learning to drive. But I got pretty good at it and could even parallel park the beast.
Crazy, never seen anything like that in my five Wranglers, TJ, JK, and JL.
Yeah in my other three vehicles they all have cable actuated parking brakes. Including my 2018 GTI. I actually looked up the GTI to confirm (I mean it feels like a cable brake!) and it is. Interesting that some 2023 GTIs have cable parking brakes. The 2023 GTI R does not.Wow, very interesting. 3 out of the 4 vehicles I own have mechanical Emergency/parking brakes and now I am glad that they do. I for one do not like Electrical E brakes. Don't like them on the Bronco and I had them on my previous VW's- 2019 Jetta and 2023 GTI. On the GTI the parking brake automatically engaged when the engine shut off. I don't apply E brakes unless vehicle is parked on a hill. I often forgot to disengage it and stalled the car when taking off. I had to purposely hold two switches down to by pass the brake activating- frustrating. At least the Bronco's does not engage unless you activate it.
The ABS module controls the parking brake motors. So if that is down or not working, then they wont apply/release.From O&M Manualā¦
Releasing the Electric Parking Brake if the Vehicle Battery is Running Out of Charge
Connect a booster battery to the vehicle battery to release the electric parking brake if the vehicle battery is running out of charge. See Jump Starting the Vehicle.
Does this indicate that the parking brake is on a isolated leg from the rest of the computer system????
I'll bet your parking pawl is now broken. Make sure the dealership knows.Just prior to entering the intersection I had no choice but to slam the car into park and that didnāt work. It just made the car jerk a bit but we kept moving forward.
I feel for the OP. Just to be clear. Iām not blaming him/her for what happened. And Iām sure it was harrowing. This thread has veered away from their situation (partly because of my rant against e-brakes). And I want to know what happened and what we can all learn from the situation. And clearly itās not the first report of the Bronco losing power unexpectedly.Drifted Down my driveway with the ignition off tonight for science..... In a manual at least, the parking brake works as described in the owner's manual, steering and brakes work, but require a lot of effort, as expected.
I still had battery power though, so I don't know if the parking brake would work in all situations, but the hydraulic brakes and steering are going to work with no power at all, you just don't get any assist.
It would roll away while in āparkā. Theyād figure it out As far as I know, autos donāt actually go in to āparkā while at speed. That would be silly. The shifter will go in to āparkā, but the pawl isnāt going to engage.I'll bet your parking pawl is now broken. Make sure the dealership knows.
Edit: FWIW, you probably would've been better off trying to get it into the lowest gear (plus the parking brake).
This, and fumbling around for some flimsy plastic flap while steering around traffic is not a recipe for success. It'd be pretty awesome to move the engine start button and put an old school Toyota parking brake that pulls straight out of the dash right where that button was.I have mixed feelings about this. Glad itās there if I need itā¦not super excited that my face has to be down near the steering wheel in order to Pull and Hold to stop. I can imagine serious facial injury by the airbag if I have a frontal impact while holding.
It didn't help the guy who rolled backwards down the trail into a tree. Luckily, he was in the woods and not in Moab or he might've made the newspaper. It's easy to say what one should do in a panic situation but an ideal design would allow the average person to slow the vehicle without power assist by putting some muscle into the brake pedal.All this talk losing this, losing that when electrical/computer systems go haywire.
I believe this is where 7sp owners have a distinct advantage. There's nothing in the Bronco (that I'm aware of) that can stop you from pushing the clutch pedal and moving the gear shift. You may not be able to emergency stop per se, but you can certainly slam-dunk it into 1st or 2nd to slow things down pretty quickly.