Emergency brake problem? in drive thru

[fordc51]

I purchased a new 2025 2wd, 4 cyl
Ranger 3 weeks ago. It's been great. No issues in 3 wks, 750.mi.
Im 74 yrs old still learning the truck
Coming from a 93 f150 and a 2014 Camry.
Last night i.stopped at a drive thru. I turned my truck off so I could hear. When I cranked it up to pull out. It acted like the emergency brake was applied?
I didn't apply the brake. No brake light was on. I tried releasing it a couple of times. No change
I finally got it out of the drive thru. Still acted like brake wss applied
The only thing I recall doing , Unrelated is I fastened
my seat belt and the problem went away? I dont think thiis issue is electronic? Intermittent or 1 time problem,? I havent tried emergency brake after that.
I probably will in my driveway. Maybe stop by my dealer or tell them at oil change as long as no more problems. Has anyone had this problem?

Thanks

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[RangerDangerStranger]

Software bug, maybe, who knows?

 

[Flak]

Did you maybe have your foot in the brake and forget to put it in park? I know a lot of vehicles have roll away protection now where they will do something like automatically change to park or put a parking brake on.

 

[TheRealSasquatch]

Sounds like the electric e brake applied for hill rollback protection then didn’t release as it was supposed to.
try going to vehicle settings> driver assistance> the turn Auto Hold to off.

 

[fordc51]

I ll check rhe auto hold. I hadn't thought f that... thanks

 

[lifeline]

if you shift into park without your foot on the brake, the car will apply the e brake.

 

[fordc51]

Thats a possibility, but not a habit d mine. Coming from a 94 f150. I dont recall specifics, but I read somewhere in the forum where someone unbuckled seatbelt ,disabled autohold for parking in close places
Mine seemed to release the brakes when I fastened the seat belt.
I did find a 25 Ranger hard copy manual I ordered from ebay.

 

[lifeline]

Since it’s electronic, it will release if you put it in gear and depress the accelerator even if you don’t press the e brake button to release it. It assumes that it’s safe to release if you’re giving it gas.

 

[embedded rock]

Sounds like "auto hold." This is my first experience with auto hold. At first, I thought why. After using it, I like it.

Edit: Since my auto hold is set, I notice after starting in a parking lot where I do use the parking brake, the auto hold is set even after releasing the parking brake. Still takes a throttle input to release.

 

[ilovesandwiches]

I've had the same issue after leaving a parking lot. I started it up and it kept giving me a e-brake error. I pressed the e-brake button a few times, switched gears, and powered it off/on. It seemed to go away on its own after a couple minutes. My Auto-Hold was not on.

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