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Manufacturers of today’s consumer vehicles employ at least four different ways to release a parking brake:

  • traditional lever-actuator between the seats
  • pedal-actuator adjacent to the standard floor pedals
  • electric button-controlled actuator,
  • electric-driven parking brake associated with the ignition-based on/off system

An emergency parking brake system usually involves a mechanical linkage. This link manually drives caliper pistons (more about calipers here) against the brake pads and ultimately against the rotor face (in the case of a disc system) or the pads against the inside of a drum brake system.

Most of the time, ebrake lockups are a result of rust or lag associated with cable springs, bolts/nuts, or cables.

In order to free the emergency brake, the process usually requires:

  • Hand tools
  • Jack
  • Jack stand
  • Wheel chocks
  • Solvent and/or lubricants

The recovery steps are:

  1. Chock all tires unrelated to the recovery process  
  2. Jack the car up
  3. Install jack stands
  4. Remove the wheel/tire combo
  5. Identify the parking brake cable
  6. Investigate any binding of the cable
  7. Remove, replace, and/or clean components thoroughly
  8. Return necessary components to their proper locations
  9. Replace the wheel/combo
  10. Tighten all lugnuts
  11. Jack the car off the jack stands
  12. Lower the car to the ground
  13. Test the system for proper operation

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SummaryHow To Release A Stuck Parking BrakeArticle NameHow To Release A Stuck Parking BrakeDescriptionBelieve it or not, dealing with a stuck emergency brake can represent more than one set of steps.Author Rick Carlton Publisher Name Buy Brakes Publisher LogoBuy Brakes auto brakes DIY

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