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Apart from just pushing the brake lever the other direction?
Pull - engage
Push - disengage
if you are speaking mechanically - that I do not know
Pull - engage
Push - disengage
if you are speaking mechanically - that I do not know
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The same switch that engages it also disengages it, you just move it the other direction.
I am intentionally not saying 'push' or 'pull' because Ford changed the switch design in 2022.
I am intentionally not saying 'push' or 'pull' because Ford changed the switch design in 2022.
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Thanks. I got it figured out. In additon to pushing the button you have to press the brake pedal. Living in S Fla I never use a parking brake but after reading the thread about the guy who lost brakes and steering it was time to try it out. I didn't even know where the button was. LOL.
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Such a shame that Ford doesn't provide any sort of documentation that explains this stuff.
They could call it something like a 'User Manual'. Hell, with the screens in vehicles now, they could even put a digital version that's searchable and with you all the time.
Glad you got it figured out, too bad it took a 3rd party resource to point you in the right direction.
They could call it something like a 'User Manual'. Hell, with the screens in vehicles now, they could even put a digital version that's searchable and with you all the time.
Glad you got it figured out, too bad it took a 3rd party resource to point you in the right direction.
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In addition to using the brake switch in the opposite direction you used to Engel it, the e-brake automatically disengages when you select a gear and begin to drive too.
Mine doesn't work that way. Only way to disengage mine is as OP described in followup - foot on brake while (in my '23) pulling "up" on in-dash lever.
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You have the manual in your car. There is an option on the screen....You just gotta poke around
I think you missed the sarcasm.
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ford missed the mark on the electric e-brake actuator. why?
if you're offroading and going up an extremely steep hill, for some reason loose momentum, and have to back down... a trick is to partially engage your e-brake so you have more downhill brake bias than uphill. you tend to uncontrollably slide back down a hill when backing down since most of your brake force is now going to the tires pointed uphill, rather than the tires headed downhill.
having the ability to engage 25-50% is a big deal. but with these electronic e-brakes it's 100% on or 100% off.
if you're offroading and going up an extremely steep hill, for some reason loose momentum, and have to back down... a trick is to partially engage your e-brake so you have more downhill brake bias than uphill. you tend to uncontrollably slide back down a hill when backing down since most of your brake force is now going to the tires pointed uphill, rather than the tires headed downhill.
having the ability to engage 25-50% is a big deal. but with these electronic e-brakes it's 100% on or 100% off.
Wait, what? I just thought I figured out the e-brake from the other thread. So for a 23 wit auto do you push or pull the e-brake AND push the brake pedal? So confused. I so wish for a pull handle or an actual e-brake pedal with a release.
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Interesting fun facts about that little switch
1. It's exactly the opposite (the push/pull) of my wife's Subaru Outback. As are all the steering-wheel mounted switches, wands and stalks. Tests and taxes my mental capacity everytime I drive her car!
2. The instructor at the Texas Bronco Off-Roadeo made use of the hand-brake part of the off-road driving process. I hadn't used mine in years, especially since autos got rid of the Volkswagen-style center hand brake and went to the foot pedal. He Stressed how important it is to not use "Park" to hold the car on inclines. So now I find myself using the parking brake lever regularly.
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I've seen where some folks feel that pushing/pulling the e-brake harder forced them to break the switch. Use it gently.
For the record we have a parking brake not an e-brake. Just try to use it in an emergency and you'll learn the difference real quick 
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