jacques

I have never used the ebrake, so I know that didn't cause the hangup. As I said when I started this thread, several times when getting out of the car after driving some distance, I smelled hot brakes and thought I had a caliper hanging up. There was no difference in how the brakes behaved, but I figured I'd get it checked before I had a problem. Every oil change at 10,000 miles I get the tires rotated and figured anything going on in there would be noticed. We'll see if it recurs.

I noticed some weird creaky noises from my passenger rear brake and smelled burning brake pads. So I took my 2010 Fusion Hybrid in to the dealer who said that yes, the rear brakes had been hanging up, that they are not lubed at the factory. So they're replacing the rear pads and rotors. This vehicle has 40k on it and I thought because of the regenerative braking that the brakes were really only used for braking from 5 to 0 that the brakes would last forever. Apparently I was wrong??