In the same line of thought, we have learned that it is good practice to pull the pads and clean the calipers at least once a year, especially if you live in an area that salts the roads. Using the one pedal driving does not allow the pads to slide as much and more road grime and corrosion will build up on the calipers.
No rain and sunny 70s weather and outdoors - I heard the thumping noise twice in short during yesterday while backing/reversing the car and had to stop by using the brakes. My autohold is ON - so I am not what happened but it was loud enough that the passengers thought I hit something but I knew I did not. Did not hear that again - I thought it was odd but this thread makes me think I may have slammed the brakes hard enough to stick or the weight of the vehicle just makes that noise when auto hold is ON?
It might be a by product of the auto hold. But it seems this occurs mostly when the car is parked for a long time. But if you are in stop and go traffic discs are hot and not being used, all you need is one slam of the brakes and theyll stick. I hope they put enough anti-seize?! I'll see once I get my car.
It's not uncommon on non-EV cars for the parking brake to "freeze" to the rotors (via rust) when it sits while it's applied -- especially if it's applied while the rotors are hot or if it's left on for a while.
Don't know for sure, but on my past Mustangs, it uses the actual rear brake pad. There's another tensioner on the caliper that forces the pad onto the rotor.
If locked up did they say anything about the calipers? Was it the pad that fused with the disc or the caliper that stuck? If its the pad that froze then strongly suggest everyone to not depend on 1pd only at the beginning. At least for the first couple of hundred miles.
I have had the thunk like thing happen on other cars I owned. I noticed it more often with my Sentra SE-R I had back in the 2000's because I used the parking brake a lot more on that car but I did have it happen a few times to my Honda Crosstour as well. It would generally happen if I drove in some weather and then the car would sit for a few days. When I first would move the car there would be thunk and I would need to give the car a little power to move then it was fine. My guess was it was a little rust on the rotors would be stick to the pads. After few wheel turns the rust would be scrapped off and everything was fine.
Wow! that is my car exactly! Hmmm....We had this happen to us also and had Ford roadside tow to the dealership they were able to replicate the problem the next morning however the problem went away and nothing was done except a few updates which I don't think had anything to do with the brakes.
Dealer said the caliper was defective, he knew of one other instance of this with a MME.
I was goig to say if the pad stuck it wouldnt prevent you from driving but if the slider pin or piston stuck that would definetely prevent you from moving. Wonder if this is a general defect or isolated case. we'll have to keep an eye on this one
