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Hoosblues · 10-02-2018, 03:01 PM

I just picked up my (new to me) Tuscany today. I had dropped off my 2014 Ford Edge a couple of days ago to have the blue ox installed with Patriot 2 braking. We drove the motor home about 70 miles, towing the Edge. After unhooking the tow car, it makes a loud grinding noise when you touch the brakes and will try to lock up the rear wheels.The Edge had new brakes installed a few thousand miles ago. It was fine until being towed today. Any thought on what it could be?

GlenB · 10-02-2018, 03:04 PM

May have engaged the brakes in error therefore wearing the pads down to metal???

A32Deuce · 10-02-2018, 03:04 PM

Sounds like the brakes were draging during the tow. Pull a wheel and check the wheels that make the noise.

**TonyDi** · 10-02-2018, 03:06 PM

Sounds like something went wrong with the Patriot 2. Have your brakes checked. They may have installed it incorrectly.

egwilly · 10-02-2018, 03:18 PM

They must have changed something in the 2014 Edge. Ford says I can't tow my 2013 four wheels down. Trans will fail they said.

Hmmmmm.

Arch Hoagland · 10-02-2018, 03:20 PM

I carry an IR gun and check all 10 tires and wheels every time I stop.

A dragging brake will show up very fast due to the heat it produces.

I think I'd talk to the place that hooked up your car and installed the braking system.

bbrowncods · 10-02-2018, 05:16 PM

Parking brake left on?

vettenuts · 10-03-2018, 01:54 PM

Sounds like metal to metal on a pad or possibly you picked up and lodged a stone. Had that happen once and had to pry it out before the car braked correctly.

funmoneypit · 10-03-2018, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by egwilly

They must have changed something in the 2014 Edge. Ford says I can't tow my 2013 four wheels down. Trans will fail they said.

Hmmmmm.

The 2013 dinghy guide says the Edge can be towed 4 down.

Sounds like the parking brake was left on or the brake system wasn't set up correctly.

Mark D · 10-04-2018, 07:55 AM

Check to see if the brakes are working. If you towed long enough for grime to get on the rotors it will take a few miles to clean them off.

The same happens to us if we tow all day with little use like on a highway. After a few miles of driving it goes away.

TexasSprinter · 10-04-2018, 09:01 AM

We don't have a Ford, but a Jeep. We discovered very quickly that the new parking brakes have automatic features that can set the brake under certain conditions. Drug tires about 30 feet once before I realized the stupid parking brake had set itself.

Last thing I do EVERY time now is check the parking brake - after I've shut down every other system. Then my wife stands outside to make sure all four wheels are turning freely. Then I check for hot brakes or tires at EVERY stop.

Never had this problem with the older manual parking brakes. Sometimes automation does not serve us well.

chinobob · 10-04-2018, 09:18 AM

Check your aux braking system to insure it doesn't get stuck in a position that keeps pressure on the brakes. Insure it is aligned correctly. Also, didn't forget to release the parking brake. I have had both incidents happen to me. The patriot system jogged a bit on the floorboard as I apparently didn't "lock" it in place with the seat and proper height set.

Ironically I just replaced the brakes before the trip, then needed to replace all again including rotors due to warping. My p/b was my issue as well, when I was in a hurry to leave.

Didn't double check everything as I now always do, and p/b was engaged. Didn't notice any drag in the DP, so off I went. Costly mistakes but in my case part of the dues needed to be paid for the experience. I find my problems are usually related to the "Indian" and not the "arrow". I hope your issues are similar as we can fix ourselves easier and cheaper than our toys.

barmcd · 10-04-2018, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TexasSprinter

We don't have a Ford, but a Jeep. We discovered very quickly that the new parking brakes have automatic features that can set the brake under certain conditions. Drug tires about 30 feet once before I realized the stupid parking brake had set itself.

Last thing I do EVERY time now is check the parking brake - after I've shut down every other system. Then my wife stands outside to make sure all four wheels are turning freely. Then I check for hot brakes or tires at EVERY stop.

Never had this problem with the older manual parking brakes. Sometimes automation does not serve us well.

We do this now after having to buy a new set of rear tires.

Bikinjim · 10-04-2018, 10:04 AM

We also check to ensure all 4 wheels turn freely before starting out. We have twice caught the parking brake inadvertently being left on with this check, once in our previous Jeep Cherokee and once in our Equinox. Both vehicles have the electric parking brake, but at least the Cherokee had an illuminated LED to easily indicate the brake was engaged. The Equinox does not so it takes a bit more attention to ensure it is not engaged.

Also very helpful is having a tire pressure monitoring system with individual tire temperature indication. The monitor will pick up abnormal temperatures from heavy braking, brake dragging, or brakes inadvertently being engaged with the parking brake or abnormal braking system actuation. I would not drive our coach without our TPMS on the coach and toad.