2013-2019 Ford Escape Full Brake Job. (Front & Rear)
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- In this video I show you how to replace your brakes on a 2013-2019 Ford Escape (Kuga) The pad replacement and rotor replacement is very typical. If you have done a set of brakes before this one is no different than most but I will walk you through their replacement bolt by bolt.
The rear of a 2017-2019 Escape has an electronic parking brake. I was working on a 2016 so I did not cover this. This is the procedure to put the rear brakes in Maintenance mode:
-Turn the ignition on but don't start the car
-Put the accelerator to the floor and hold it down
-Push and hold DOWN the parking brake lever
-Turn the ignition off
-Turn the ignition on
-Hold the accelerator and parking brake until the vehicle displays Maintenance mode on the information center.
To return the rear brakes to their normal mode:
-Turn the ignition on but don't start the car
-Put the accelerator to the floor and hold it.
-Pull UP on the parking brake
-Turn the ignition off
-Turn the ignition on
-Hold the accelerator and parking brake until you stop hearing noise from the rear calipers. Then pump up the brake pedal and start the vehicle how you normally would.
Parts:
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Front Rotor: amzn.to/3wSaTrX
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Tools:
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Front Caliper Tool (C clamp works well on this car): amzn.to/3wZoC02
Caliper Hooks: amzn.to/2SxQQ3e
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The rear of a 2017-2019 Escape has an electronic parking brake. I was working on a 2016 so I did not cover this. This is the procedure to put the rear brakes in Maintenance mode:
-Turn the ignition on but don't start the car
-Put the accelerator to the floor and hold it down
-Push and hold DOWN the parking brake lever
-Turn the ignition off
-Turn the ignition on
-Hold the accelerator and parking brake until the vehicle displays Maintenance mode on the information center.
To return the rear brakes to their normal mode:
-Turn the ignition on but don't start the car
-Put the accelerator to the floor and hold it.
-Pull UP on the parking brake
-Turn the ignition off
-Turn the ignition on
-Hold the accelerator and parking brake until you stop hearing noise from the rear calipers. Then pump up the brake pedal and start the vehicle how you normally would.
Parts:
Front Pads: amzn.to/2T0QLFw
Front Rotor: amzn.to/3wSaTrX
Rear Pads (2017-2019: amzn.to/3h8ujSG
Rear Pads (2013-2016) amzn.to/3jgiU5R
Rear Rotor (2017-2019) amzn.to/3gXAWso
Rear Rotor (2013-2016) amzn.to/3dgTPnH
Tools:
Rear Caliper Tool (Not needed on 2017+): amzn.to/3h3tkDu
Front Caliper Tool (C clamp works well on this car): amzn.to/3wZoC02
Caliper Hooks: amzn.to/2SxQQ3e
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases and your cost is exactly the same.
I'm glad I found this video, and this set of directions! I am doing my 17 when the parts arrive! Thank you!
Thanks for the informative video. I followed the video instructions but didn’t look at the comments until after I removed the rear disc and and caliper. I then tried to do the “Maintenance Mode” procedure. Things did not turn out well. The caliper is fully extended and will not retract. Any suggestions?
Thank you so much!
This helped me out tremendously.
Great video. Camera angles are right on. Top. Notch narration. Thank you.
Some of the parts won't fit on a 2018 se fwd
One of, if not the best vehicle maintenance instructional video I’ve watched. No extra yapping about nothing that matters. Thanks man.
You have a real talent for teaching. As an old guy that made a lifetime with a career as a tech trainer, problem solver, traveling trouble shooter across varied industries, you are as good as I've seen. Thanks for the DIY help with my Escape.
One of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen. To the point, the camera angles were good enough to see what was going on, and your explanations matched what you were doing. Excellent!
Just replaced the front and rear brakes on my ‘16 Escape using your video as a guide. Thanks for the lesson! Very helpful!
Thanks for this video, it really helped. Did the rears today, rotors and pads. Took me an hour and 45 only because each side had a very stuck bolt. Just wanted to pass on my experience. 2017 Escape Titanium. Only 28,000 miles on it and I am original owner. Front brakes are in great shape. As I took apart the rears I discovered that the inner pads on both sides had zero pad left. Outers were more than half way worn out. So that tells me they have it set to use the rears first, then the fronts if needed. Never had a vehicle that did that before? Very mellow Michigan driver here who rarely has to stomp on the brakes. I tried the links here for parts but didn't have much luck so I went through Rock Auto. Got both rotors and pads in a rust resistant Raybestos Element 3 for $121 including shipping. Was quoted $450 to have them done at Belle Tire.
Rear worn out first? Same thing on a 2018 S or SE Escape my brother has. He had to get both rear rotors and pads at about 34000 miles, while the front is not too bad. The rear was metal-on-metal. Wonder if it is due to your weather in Michigan, as he lives in the north also. And once you get that metallic powder from your brakes on the vehicle, it will melt into the paint, rims and bumper, and then rust. Nasty job trying to get _that_ stuff off the body.
Mine are exactly the same, I live in southern Indiana. I was quoted $330 for just the rear pads and rotors.
@@Derbycityborn Raybestos Element 3 Rotors and pads if you want to do it yourself. You could even see how much labor would be only if your brought the parts. Like I said, the only issue was one caliper bolt on both sides was a pain to get out but a bit of frustration was well worth the $200 savings. I bypassed the electronic parking brake how they said, and to compress the piston i used a large clamp with a small board in between to protect it as I turned it in.
@@Sparty1966grad
What do you mean you bypassed it.
I did the rears on our CX5 with electronic parking brake and even though I set it to maintenance mode the motor still got messed up.
Well if it’s front wheel drive then you’d rather the rear brake first, so the steer wheels don’t get stuck or anything
I wish I could trust a mechanic to do a job this thoroughly. I've had terrible luck lately with inferior work. Well done sir. I'd happily pay you top dollar to fix my ride.
Excellent Video! I just completed the front brakes on my 2018 Ford Escape and your video helped a great deal. Had all the parts and tools ahead of time as well as the proper torque specs. Thank you again! Please keep the content coming. 👍
Made my first brake job easy and I save a ton of money doing it myself!
Great video and thank you for being so detailed!
With the help of your video, I was able to change today -- all by myself -- the rear brake pads & rotors of my 2014 Transit Connect. Never tried something like that before; I've stuck to doing oil changes and filters only. Ventured into unknown territory after I got tired dropping $750 to have a dealer shop do a set for me (it's highway robbery down here in the South with these shops). Thanks for the clear, concise info!! ✊🏾
Thanks for taking the time to make the video. I watched it twice and then kept it up for reference. I’m glad you stressed how important it is to clean the rust from the slide surfaces including the pins. Thanks again!
I've never done brakes before, but you have made it seem so much easier than I thought it would be. I'm gonna be trying this out this weekend I think
Currently putting new rotors, calipers and brake pads on my 2017 Ford Escape and I am sooo glad that I found your video. Saved me so much money. Thank u. New sub here.
Hey young man, clearest well produced video I’ve seen. Instructions were were easy to follow.
This made my day so much easier. Thank you for taking the time to make these kind of videos your a saver
This video was super helpful! I feel confident enough to replace my own pads + rotors!
Thanks for your clear demo. Two years ago my ford escape 2014, both front and rear brake pad/rotor jobs were done at Canadian Tire. After shortly, I started to hear a squeaking sound left rear caliper. A couple of weeks ago, the caliper started to leak oil. I followed your demo and ordered parts etc. What I realized was that the caliper and especially, the brake holder so dirty-shop didn't clean it, just dumbed parts. Understand that hard to find an honest mechanic and have to do your job.
Thanks for the info on how to reset the brakes. It worked like a charm. Awesome job
I agree battery change on this os absolutely ridiculous. Staring at my f150 like look how easy that it. My wife has a 2013 escape doing the brakes tomorrow. Glad I watched don't have a 7mm allen thanks for the video
I have a '16 escape. Changing the battery took me about 3.5 hours. I went the wiper cowling route. I think I'll just pay the mechanic next time. Not worth my sanity. I love the car, though. Thanks for the video. Doing brakes tomorrow!
I've got a 17' and just had it done this past winter. Took it to the local Batteries Plus and the guy there helped me get it in and it was a PAIN! Didn't take anywhere near 3hrs but was probably there a hour. Not sure what to do if the thing ever needs a jump. Crazy spot for it.
Great video explanation. Thank you for the BONUS info regarding the Maintenance Mode. This was a great help and much easier than doing the 12v hack on the caliper connector to retract the caliper.
Thank you, sir, for explaining the njjuanjĵĵjcĵes of this Make, model brake system. The spring clip was my only head scratcher, came off, popped on with ease. Thanks!
My brother inlaw was attempting t9 do his and told me all the things that went wrong and how he had to tale off a crap ton of stuff so I figured I'd watch a video...and he was exaggerating lol I didn't say he was wrong or not cause I've never worked on a Ford escape. But now I know. Thanks fir the in depth video
Thanks for Video this will be my 1st time doing this on my 2016 ford Escape! You made it look so easy! Thanks!!
Thanks for providing torque specs!! And good video quality too. I use never seize on the locations where the pads contact the bracket. I think it lasts longer in protecting the metal from rusting. The grease gets hot, evaporates and it gone within a short while. I've done a second brake job on a car after 50K and found a thin layer of never seize still on the surface.
Just looked up the Never-Seez temperature range - impressive @ -297 F - 1800 F. I've always defaulted to silicon, but it tops out at just 600 degF.
@@paganskier When you use Never-Seez, make sure it is a THIN coating. Too much and it does like grease: attracts dirty and grime.
Thanks so much for the video. Helped me through some steps I wasn’t expecting. Great vid and info !
Very good, very informative, now I can change my ford ecosport brake pads as they are the same, thanks.
Thank you for the video. The tip on replacing the spring really helped me out.
Just did my rears. Somewhere I heard '19 was exempt from needing maintenance mode enabled but I did it anyway. Thanks Repair Geek!!
One of the best videos I’ve ever seen!!! Great content!!!
Good step by step video. Torque wrench settings information useful.
Really good job brother it nice to see a video like this. Now I have the confidence to change the rear brake thanks 🙏 bro
Thanks for this video - always nice to see what I'm getting into before getting out the jacks. All the mag chloride on the roads these days has me concerned about being able to get the rotor off. When I did my F150 a couple years ago rotor removal was the crux.
Thanks! Just one more thing I always do now because of what you said about driving through your wall.. I tape a 8x11 sheet of paper to the steering wheel with ""PUMP BRAKES!!!" written on it. Almost took down my shed once lol!
Wounder why you did not replace calipers with re-built calipers. Back in the day when you could buy rebuild kits, I always rebuilt calipers on break jobs. Every time I put my honing stone in the cylinder I found a little pile of rust at the bottom.. Brake fluid is hygroscopic and brings a little water into the cylinder. Over time the moisture causes rust that settles. When you push a piston back in, it is scrunched over all that pile of rust and will most likely go into the neoprene seal. In a few months, the seal will start leaking and you will wish you had just replaced (or rebuilt) the caliper. Otherwise, this is a great video. I'm 67 now and haven't done a brake job in 10 years, so I thought I'd check out a TH-cam first. I was a back-yard mechanic when younger and did 20-30 brake jobs per year on weekends for coworker, friends and family. I my experience with the cylinder rust is not minimal.
Awesome job !!!
Great tutorial !!!
You Rock !!!
Thanks for the step by step! Made my first ever brake job a breeze 👍
Very good video ! Thanks for sharing !!
Thanks for the i fo bro, great work! Cheers!
Thanks for the video. I bought my daughter a 2018 Escape in July. I live in TN, but the car was a lease model from Michigan. The brakes wore out at 34,500! I guess it was the rust from salt due to the weather.
Another 2018 Escape with brakes worn out at less than 40K/M? Sheesh. Quality is apparently no longer "Job #1" with Ford.
Attention: there is a known issue where the slide pin in the calipers did NOT get enough lube at the factory and are prone to sticking once you press the brakes. The fix is to take the caliper slide pins out, clean them, lube them, and put them back in.
My back brakes wore almost completely away and the front brakes werent even half gone. That solved it for me. Its worth checking them out if you are seeing premature wear.
I love this video thanks so much
What if my piston compression tool doesn't have the two nipples on it for the rear piston? Does it have to spin to compress?
A very detailed video and was able to change my breaks!!! Thank you 🙏
Did you break your brakes?
@@mmarciniak no, I scratched one rotor and had to replace it and the break pads.
This was very good. Couple of questions. 1) If I have a 2018 Ford Escape Se with EPB. I forgot to put it in maintenance mode when and removed the rear driver side caliper. Is it too late to put the EPB into maintenance mode? 2) Someone told me to remove the cap from the brake fluid reservoir so as not to put too much pressure on the master brake cylinder when compressing caliper pistons. What are your thoughts on this? Great instructional video. Thank you for putting this out
Thank you so much 2014 Ford Escape 200k
A really good job!
Doing a 2013 and I’ve replaced the break booster, breaks and bled the breaks and still don’t have stopping power. Pedal goes to the floor but doesn’t stop the car
Not going to put any thread locker on those caliper bracket bolts?
Great vid. Didn't know about the parking brake mode. Will be working on my sisters 2018 this weekend. From your tools list below it looks like the caliper compression tool isn't needed. So its just an old school piston that I can compress as usual with a c clamp or big channel locks? Thanks again!
I noticed the rear pads were put on backwards. The pad backing plate has two nubs that stick out and must be aligned to the holes in the head of the piston. This is critical to the proper functioning of the parking brake.
I just did a brake job on an escape the rear caliper slide pins I had to use a t45 torx bit
*You can make the most mundane tasks interesting!*
Man i wish i had these tools. Im doing this manually lol
My bad. I just purchased a shop manual and you are correct 188 MM bolts get 129 on the front and 46 on the rear foot# #s
Great video. BUT please when working with springs, wear safety glasses, even a BIC pen spring has enough power to blind you.
Have you ever replaced a long block on a 2018 Ford escape and do a video on it
Flap discs work great for removing rust or grinding metal - a fine one will do a good job
Thanks bro! Great Escape video!
Wicked video. Done really well. Thank you for this!
Thank you for the video. I came here for the electronic E brake procedure (as i have dealt with that before). However i just wanted to say my wife has the 2019 1.5 (4 cyl) Eco and is on her third short block and second trans 6x,xxx miles rear brakes are shot. They are not bullet proof! lol, all under warranty, but still crazy.
This 16 has just rolled over 100k this past week. Just basic maintenance. Those 17+ engines have major coolant drinking problems.
After you remove the old rotor and wire brushed, what did you spray it with before you put on the surface shield?
Is it necessary to remove the brake fluid cap before pressing the piston in? Or was that an old school thing that is no longer needed?
Happy to see you used Motorcraft pads and rotors, which are much better than the cheap after market brands. Guaranteed fit too.
Not much more expensive either.
Is your video correct, the 18MM bolts in the rear torque to 46 foot # and the same bolts in the front to 129 foot # Same bolt, a large difference?
thank you
@RepairGeek do you use RH on the RH caliper and LH on the LH caliper? Currently struggling with this.
Great video Sir.
I've watched all the Ford Escape brake videos I can find on here, and no one replaces the rubber grommets inside the calipers that the caliper pins slide through. My new pads came with new ones, and the old ones were in pretty bad shape. I can't imagine everyone who has made a video about this hasn't needed to replace them.
Some how the link you gave for front rotors do not fit my 2017 ford escape S. 2.5L FWD but the rear one does. Very nice job btw.
You definitely dont need the special tool. Simply disable the electronic parking brake if you have one (as in video description) and place the inside brake pad on the rotor... leave the outside off. Now take the caliper and put it in place over the inner pad. Now pull caliper towards you which decompresses the piston.
Solid video. What would make it way better? Torque specs on the Caliper Bracket bolts and Caliper Bolts.
I'm starting to get some grinding noise early in morning when backing out of the driveway. After they are warmed up, the noise goes away. Front rotors look great, rear rotors have a few grind marks. I feel bad for some of the people making comments about theirs wearing out at 35K. I now have 82K on my '18. Is it reasonable to think I could continue to drive the car for another 2-3K miles without a catastrophic failure?
Thanks for the informative video. I followed the video instructions but didn’t look at the comments until after I removed the rear disc and caliper. I then tried to do the “Maintenance Mode” procedure. Things did not turn out well. The caliper is fully extended and will not retract. Any suggestions?
When you go to take the spring off push it from the rotor to the caliper rotate out it'll come off east
Apparently the calliper bracket mounting bolts are to be replaced each time the brackets are removed…….i didn’t know this until yesterday.
I'm scared to do this myself because what if I mess up and then don't know what to do or break something
Is there a certain way to push the piston in im having trouble getting alone back in rn
I'm currently working on my neighbors Ford titanium escort and might I add Ford got this one wrong lol had to come to this video to get the hex key size as it required the one size I never use. My honda pilot is set up so much better. But at least Ford didn't do drum brakes for the rear haha
My man… great video 🙌
It looked like you used new caliper springs? Or did you just clean up the old ones? If they were new where is the link for those?
GOOD JOB GEEK ANOTHER GOOD VIDEO
Do I not need to bleed brake fluid on a 2018 cord escape.
Cant seem to find the specification on bracket caliper bolts!! On Haynes manual!!
Does the piston need a special tool like the back does?
Ford has gone cheap with the Escapes. On my 2013 F150 there are disposable metal clips that go onto the brackets. No need to sand blast the brackets. Just a quick wire brush to lightly clean them and install new clips. Boom, done in seconds vice minutes. Most automotive supply stores sell these metal clips and new rubber pieces that go around the caliper pins in a cheap kit, around $10.
Thanks for your video
Do I need to take the cap off the brake fluid reservoir when resetting the caliper
On my 2017 escape the caliber bolts were 16 not the noted 13. Video worked well for me till I got to the rear having trouble need the tool to rewind and then can continue
Great video thank you. And what camera are you using? A Go Pro or your phone may I ask? Thank you again. Off to do my brakes on my 2013 Escape. He's a handsome car.
You missed an important thing. how did you compressed the caliper since it's not just the typical c clamp thing
Do I I need special c clamp to press the thing back in the caliber
thxs
Ok so one thing you did not mention, is this a 1.6 turbocharged 4WD and was it made in USA or Mexico, there is a big difference on what you buy for replace ment.
Great video man!
Someone’s been watching Mr O at South Main Auto 😏👌
Did you buy a new rotor or just cleaned/resurfaced?
Hello , os the part for kuga 2015 fit on escape 2015? , i live in Germany and i couldn't found parts for escape , only kuga here 😔
Same thing.
2019 escape with electric parking brake and cannot find in the owners manual info on maintenance mode. Never changed brakes yet. Any ideas?
Look at my pinned comment. That will always appear at the top of the comments section.
@@RepairGeek I read it and I get it but I'm lost as to where I can find this in the manual or why is it not in there.
Clean your hands before touching the pad lining. Grease all over the pad surface!
On 2017 Ford Escape titanium do you need to use a computer to back off the calipers piston , what’s the name of the tool you used?
2017 escape make sure you put car into brake maintenance mode to do rear brakes...the tool is a caliper collapsing tool you can rent one or buy at o'Reilly and or auto zone on tool loaner program they have
Thanks for the video! How many times should I pump my brakes? 3-5?
10
@@RepairGeek Do you have to bleed the brakes?
You shouldn't.