Emergency brake was on while driving

[ykkspring]

Hi,
I did one of the most stupid things yesterday, I drove around 80 miles with emergency brake on ( there was no warning at the dashboard initilally and after 90 mins. (approx ) of driving I saw the dashboard warning me of the hand brake ON signal, I released it immediately then, however I am not sure what would be the consequences of this e.g. do I need to go and get my vehicle inspected for emergency brakes and get them replaced etc....
Please advise.

 

[cybergasm]

Only 80mi? try doing this for 4 months like i did only cuase the idiot light on my dash does'nt work at all. And the fact that a friend of mine drive the truck when it happened and did'nt know he had set the brake and i never bothered to check it after he drove it. So yeah i rolled around like that for awhile before i realized it. of course the whole time i was wondering why i had no power and my fuel mileage sucked major And yes i did mess up the rear shoes and had to replace them.

80 miles you probably did alittle damage to em but i doubt anything that would required a trip to the dealer.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Pull the wheels off, and check them just to be sure.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome

 

[Dopler174]

Welcome to Explorer Forum! I doubt you did any damage at all. I drove like that and made mine smell burned like your breakfast toast. It did nothing to the shoes or drums. (Rear disc would have even less damage. They stay cooler.)

 

[aldive]

More than likely you will be fine.

Good luck ........

 

[fordbluefamily]

The design on the gen 3 Ebrakes is horrible at best. I drove for about 10 miles on mine and it wasn't even hot when I pulled over to check it out. I bet your shoes were already split apart. the shoes are small and inside the rear disks.

 

[ykkspring]

Thanks everyone, this helped !

 

[patrick112390]

**** did that on mine 3 or 4 oil changes ago... when i drove it up on my oil change ramps i set the parking brake... well drove to work 30 miles and it felt sluggish! i thought it was my 400lb toolbox in the back that i was transporting to work but after unloading it, i was driving home and looked down and went DOH!!! yea they were smoking but i never use it so o well