Park Brake – Issues
- Constant maintenance required
- Increased GVM further exposes OE park brake weakness
- Stretched park brake cables
- Glazed rotor drums
- Park brake shoes increased wear rate
- Lever engagement is not consistent – The driver may not apply sufficient leverage
Key safety feature included
- To Deactivate
- Ignition must be in the on Position
- Drivers Door must be closed
- Drivers Seat Belt must be on*
- Foot must be applied to the Brake Pedal
- All descriptions above need to be in place before EPB can be de-activated with the switch.
EPB Auto-ActivationÂ
- Car Ignition turned off – EPB Activates 1.5 Sec later
- When drivers door is opened
- Auto placed in Park Position
- Removing Drivers Seat Belt *
Note: Speed Rating safety feature will cut out all “auto-activate” features once vehicle is above 12km/h (+/-2km/h)”
* Not available on some models
