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Hi everyone, Thanks so much for participating in this forum, it has been very helpful for me as a first time hybrid driver. Loving my CMax so far, but a few weeks ago I hit the brakes really hard while sliding on some ice. As of that moment, everything about my brakes felt dramatically different. It was very weird the rest of the drive since I basically had to relearn my braking technique. The brake pedal itself now gives no resistance back to my foot based on how deep or hard I press it. Before this happened, it felt like that was pressing against air-resistance from the pedal with that normal hiss, it felt like every car I have ever driven. Now, none of that exists and the brake pedal feels like it is on a toy car. It still kind of brakes based on how deep I push the pedal down, but if I want a full stop I have to go to the floor, then the pedal springs back up as you'd expect. I can get 100%s still, I just have to control how gradually I brake. This is the only way to brake, though, if I really have to slam on them, it's pretty weak and of course goes right to the floor and you can feel the friction of the brakes. One of the go-to brake solutions would be to pump the brakes, but that is exactly the mechanism that no longer works. There is no more pumping the brakes, nothing pumps, there's no changing pressure, it just springs back, up and down, floor to top. I took it to a mechanic friend and he looked at everything within his knowledge of the system - he took the wheels off and things looked new, brakes engaging perfectly (from his perspective), he tested the booster, did an electrical test. It took him about four hours. It is tough because he had never driven it before, so it was tough for him to process how different it really is, which is very different. If he checked all that, to me that means it must be high up near the pedal itself? Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone have an idea as to the solution?

Hello. I am a newbie here to the site and am hoping someone can help me. I have a 2013 C-Max Hybrid SE with 50,000 miles on it. I have recently been getting a brake warning with the red brake light staying on. I have checked that it is not the parking brake causing the issue and I have topped off the brake fluid reservoir. I brought the car into the Ford Dealer. They recommended replacing the rear brakes and rotors. I declined at the time. I took the car home and took a look at the right front and right rear brakes. The rear are worn more than the front, as should be with this car, but they are not worn to the point where I would replace them myself. Through my reading on forums I gather there are no rear brake wear sensors. So why would the dealership want to replace them? Other than to make money selling parts? I have had good luck with this dealer in the past, but am not believing their story here. The brake pedal feel is starting to get worse. Not as responsive. I also now hear a hissing air sound if I press the pedal harder than just the regen braking limit. Any thoughts or recommendations would be great! Thanks!