Lotta help thank you definitely hold the parking brake and gas through the whole process of turning the maintenance mode on or off

For anyone coming here because you screwed up and forgot to put the parking brake in maintenance mode, then tried to put it in maintenance mode and accidentally fully extended the caliper pistons you have come to the right place. Do not panic. I screwed up and fixed it myself. To fix all you need to do is follow these steps: 1. carefully remove the piston seal from the caliper. 2. remove piston and seal from caliper and place in a clean area. 3. Under the piston there is an ebrake screw and 'spindle'. Screw it all the way down to the base manually with your fingers. You will lose brake fluid so place a rag underneath the caliper. 4. Clean with brake cleaner, then coat with new brake fluid, and Place the piston and seal carefully back on the caliper/spindle. firmly push the seal back onto the caliper. If you tear the seal like I did the replacement part is Raybestos WK3495 5. Compress the piston all the way down with a C clamp 6. Reinstall the caliper 7. bleed brakes 8. run the parking brake on/off a few times, drive around the block, run parking brake a couple times again and the parking brake malfunction error should go away on its own.

Side note, not sure if anyone else mentioned this but you CAN turn the key off once it's in maintenance mode, you can take the key out and lock the doors if you want, it will remind you it's still in service mode when you turn the key back on. Just FYI

Great video, Shop wanted to charge $900 for rear brakes, bought the parts for $328 and followed your steps, worked perfectly. From putting down my coffee to cleaning off my tools and putting them away, 1.5 hours. An hour of my time is worth less than $550, so this was well worth it. I'll put some of that towards a ribeye tonight! Thanks

Watching this while sitting at a ford dealership for a recall. Just watched some pensioner get quoted 1700 for full brake job and break line flush. I imagine many people feel pressured to get a new vehical before warranty expires simply to avoid maintenance costs. Keeps people consuming and it aint right. Thank you for your content, helps people save a buck and get off the consumer hamster wheel.

You are the only video that talked about putting the brakes in service mode, you literally saved our day. THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thanks man, I like your video because you don’t spend 30 minutes telling what everything is. Right to the point and got me out of the 100 degree temp!

Thanks for this. Had no idea about the maintenance mode and went to Orielly to get the tool. All four wheels done in a driveway in 90 mins.

The 99 down votes are service departments that couldn't get the money to do the brakes. Thanks a ton this helped tremendously!

This worked on our 2018 F150. Took the pads off and the piston wouldn't retract, but putting it in maintenance mode fixed it immediately. Just make sure to hold the parking brake button down through the whole process. 👍

On my 2019 it was a 13mm not a 14mm (for anyone who comes across this with a 2019) but very great video worked great for me , thank you

Like so many people said: thank you very much for the video! The electronic e-brake is definitely a new thing to me. There’s absolutely no way that I would have been able to figure that out without guidance

The only one online willing to share the frigging elect brake maintenance BS procedure... Thank you a million times for this.

Thank you, been doing my own brakes for over 47 yrs, this made it easier!

You saved my day with the service mode tip. I felt defeated with that piston not going back in. I was determined to save $450.

One of the best videos I’ve seen. To the point and clear instructions. No rambling to get your ten minutes in. Love it man thank you very helpful

Great video I was looking for scanner, rear brake pads wear out faster especially if your using cruise control it slows you down especially going down hill

Great video. My old friend asked me to do this job for him. I told him no. Now I can call him and tell him yes. I worked as a mech. for many years and was worried about the computer.

Changed mine at 55,000 as the state inspection said they were boarder line. Could maybe get another 10k but they were pretty worn. Fronts still have over half left. Thanks for the video. IOU an adult beverage of your choice.

Thank you so much The only thing I do differently is open the bleeder valve as I push the caliper piston. This allows any sediment to push out of the bleeder and not back into the master cylinder . I used a partially filled with brake fluid bottle and a hose connected to the bleeder valve and then submerged into the fluid .

Thanks for the excellent video! Got mine done in around 30 minutes. Beats the hell out of a $200 break shop job!

Thank god you showed how to get it into service mode saved me so much time and Probadly a caliper. I miss working on old chevys

Hey Aaron, just wanted to say thanks! Replaced the rear pads on my 2018 today and your video came in clutch on the maintenance mode procedure. 🤙

went to dealer today. I have a 2017 F150 2wd with 23,500 mi and they said my rears are at 1mm pad left. Crazy !!! Thanks for posting the video

Aaron, Excellent video! The only correction is you don't want ever use a petroleum base grease or lubricant on rubber brake parts, especially slide pins. Petroleum base products including anti-seize will make the rubber swell up & cause the slide pin to drag or size up. You only want to use silicone grease.

I have a 2018 f150 that had stuck rear rotors, this is the video that saved my day. Thanks bud

The rears can wear out faster on these trucks because they have the hill climb assist witch basically holds the e brake until you hit the gas. In my area of upstate new York this feature is honestly one of my favorites because there is alot of steep hills I start on.

Very helpful... But during the 'take it out of maintenance mode' section @1:35 or so you stop at 'turn the engine off.' I had to watch your shorter vid specific to just 'in and out of M mode' to realize why it wasn't coming out. Should be... 'Ignition on, hold button up (PB on), press and hold gas peddle, turn ignition off - then back on. Release all.' I just did the one side tonight. 4 hrs... Why 4 hrs you might ask? Both rear tire/rims were rusted on. After a solid hour of beating on them with a mallet and stuff... KZfaq to the rescue. Loosened all the lugs to 1/2 a turn freer than finger tight. Drove a figure 8 at the church parking lot down the block. Free and easy when I got back. Then, I had released the PB but not known about maintenance mode for caliper retraction. Once I hit a reasonable force with my C-clamp I knew something was wrong so again... KZfaq to the rescue. And that you very much. Luckily I can wait till tomorrow morning to finish the job.

Great help thank you. My 2015 was 13mm caliper bolts, and hold the ebrake button and throttle through the procedures, and was golden.

your videos made it super easy to do the brakes on my f-150 from start to finish, thanks a lot man

Great job thanks for showing us the right way you talked to us clear and not like we were mechanics good job

Thought my caliper was seized.. Did not know about "maintenance mode." Gonna try again tomorrow and see if I can return these new calipers, thanks! Awesome vid!

Great vid. 5am here and getting ready to work on the F150. Last electronic parking brake I worked on was a Subaru and it was a terrible set up. Was thinking the F150 would be bad too, but your vid proves me wrong. Thanks

I wish you were around when I was doing my brakes. I had a hell of a time.

Thank you for sharing this! My scanner doesn't support this function though it claimed to when I bought it. And thx also to Ford for the foresight. Sure beats Audi and Mercedes.

Well dont use grease on silde pins it will make those rubber insert sleeves on the pin swell and seize. There is a specific lube just for the pins called sil-glyde just for the pins and is avalibe at any parts store.

2nd time needing this video at work. thank you for the straight forward procedure.

Helped a ton. Thanks. What one thing that I didn't see was replacing the caliper which is what I had to do. Took a little bit of researching but I was able to get it done after finding the part with the electronic braking system but this video did help a ton.

Best video for this issue by far. Saved me a headache!

Thanks my friend you help me a lot with this tips 👍

You the man, thank you, short and to the point.

Thanks for the info , would never have thought of that of the electric e brake. Save me from dealing with dealership 👍.

I knew it had to be something goofy like this preventing compression. Thank you!

Love how your rotor pops loose with a couple licks of the hammer. I've never been able to break mine loose without a bottle jack between the leaf spring and rotor. I suspect the mag chloride used here causes corrosion bonding.

Thankyou for the tip this is why electronic parking brakes are junk and don’t belong on trucks.

Worked great!!!! Saved me lots of money! Thank you!!

Thank you for posting this video. It’s a big help.

Hey guy, everything you said was right except the lube you put on the slides. Can't use wheel bearing grease, it can't take the heat of brakes. Folks should use brake lube. Sil glyde is the best, but the black dedicated brake grease works as well.

Thanks for the tip on the maintenance mode. I told my local shop about this and they were unaware of that. Maybe time to find a new shop? LOL

Omg buddy thank you. Gladly appreciate it. !!

My man!!!!! You just save me $1200. Thank you so much.!!!

Great video but you really need to use a quality high temp silicone/graphite lube for your guide pins not just any type of grease. regular grease melts out.

Good vid, thanks! One thing thou. They're 13mm bolts - not 14 - that hold the caliper. The rust makes it hard for the 13 to fit but with the 14 you might strip the bolt. Just use a wire brush to clean it and the 13 will be on it solid. Cheers

thank you so much, i did my brakes in no time

Great video. It helped me a lot. Only thing different is that my 2015 had 13 mm bolts holding the caliper on. Thank you for your time to put this together.

I should have watched this before doing my break job. Did not go to maintenance mode so the cylinder would not compress. Took the drive off and screwed it in the put the drive back on. No I have a limit switch warning light for my emergency breaks that I can’t clear.

Thank you for the help, just did the rear pads and rotors . Thank goodness for the guidance with “park brake maintainance “ made, life saver for sure. Thanks again and take care 👍🇨🇦

Excellent demonstration on how to.

Thank you so much for this video!!! You literally saved my life with it!!!

Perfect...I'm doing the rear brakes on my 2015 F-150 on Saturday.....

I was not able to compress the caliper on my 2016 F150 using a large C clamp like I've always done on older trucks. Went to a parts store and they said there's a tool to screw the piston back inside using a rachet and extension on this special tool I rented but haven't used yet. The piston has three notches on it. Now I see you just used a tool to compress it. I'm not having luck compressing it, so do I use a tool to screw the piston inside? I gotta do the brake job this weekend.Please help in this conundrum. THUMBS UP!!!

thank you the powerford place here in abq nm wants to charge me 980.00 plus tax to do my front and rear brakes! thank you. now i can do if for half of that price

Excellent video, very well explained. Thanks!

Much appreciated for this video just did mines 🤙🏽

left something out..---- you did not let us see the notification that it is back in driving mode thank Aron for your effort thanks patrick allen

Very professional and good details. Thanks.

Excellent summary. Best I've seen.

Great video Aaron. one question. i watched another video showing that it is necessary to twist the caliper piston before compressing it in. is that not the case? an old school caliper compression tool is all that is needed?

Great! Thank you so much for this video! Would of struggled with the parking brake for sure! Mine is a 2019 should be the same... I will find out when i do it tomorrow. 😎

Excellent job with this video well explained for dummies like me thank you

What do you do if you already removed caliper and didn't have it in service mode. And they extend all the way out

Where is your jack in this video? Rear diff or on the axle? I've heard rumblings about the rear diff housing on the newer F150's not being as strong as the older models so I've been hesitant to try it. I'm about to do my rear brakes and unsure the best points for jacking and for jack stands. Any tips based on your experience?

Great video simply great for everyday guy

Great job.. not clear if the key is left on while you work on brakes after you place in maintenance mode.

I got a 2018 expedition, not a F150, but they are the same engine and maybe the same brake system, I need to replace the brake pads soon, hope that your steps can help me to do it next year

I just went to have some tpms sensors put in and the place I took it said I needed new brakes and quoted me a $1088 estimate... ive done many brake jobs on my vehicles over the years and was shocked at the estimate. I priced out the parts and for cross drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads it was under $300... much less if I go with the oem style. crazy stuff.

80k that's good. I replaced at 23k on the 19 navigator

Thanks for your help and the time you saved me!

Great vid very detailed ,I was just curious about electronic brake ,my truck needed rear rotors I found a pair from market place at 25 dollars 💵 drilled and sloted not my type but who cares nobody beats 25 dollars rotors lol ,this guy bought them but didn't work for him bc his is electronic ,my is 2013 also will soon be replacing my friends his are electronic I learned alot from this vid thanks

Youre my hero

Have 2 quick questions, 1-Why did you have to replace the rotors? 2- and, why are you using wheel bearing grease and not a high temp grease made for things like that that get very hot?

Saved me $300+

Awesome and easy helpful video

Great video. Thanks for the info. Saved lots of headaches and $$$!!!

Thank you so much for such awesome instructions!

When in maintenance mode can you work on all 4 breaks or do you have to put it maintenance mode for each wheel you work on.

Thanks so much for this video, very nice of you sharing it! Good Job!

Good info, but just before compressing the caliper piston don't you need to remove the cover from the brake fluid reservoir of loosen a bleeder screw?

Thanks for your videos, totally helpful.

Your video was a big help. Thank you

Thank you saved me 500$

Thank you for posting this!

Very helpful Thank you.

Thanks for video!

Thanks your video really helped.

Great Information Thanks for posting!!!!

Awesome help with the electronic brake system!!!!!!!

what's up friend. I had a problem with one of those same fords in an oversight the pistons came out, you can put them back in their place but now I get a message that says bad parking brake. I thank you in advance for your help, greetings from Honduras

Hi Aaron, great video. Do you have to replace the rotors every time? Why or why not. Thank you.

Hi Aaron, we need to do the electric parking brake release procedure when we do the rear brake replacement, we have to? let me know thanks by the way good video!