Okay, I'm going to try and be brief: I've had a problem this winter with the parking brake sticking when it's cold - the colder, the more likely it'll stick. Usually doesn't stick unless it gets below 30 at night, but it has stuck at 38 degrees before.
I went to Colorado around Christmas, and my friend lives up in the mountains and has a real steep driveway. I always used my parking brake with my Honda in his driveway, no problem. Anyway, my P5 brake stuck and wouldn't un-stick. When pavement is dry, I can drive a little ways and the heat from friction will un-stick it. However, when snowcovered, the wheel won't spin, and thus no friction, and thus, out of luck.
I can see it sticking under 15 degrees or something extreme like that (if that's extreme, depending on where you live), but 30 degrees?!? Come on.
So, official Mazda answer: use chocks when parking on an incline in the winter. What BS. I have to freaking carrying blocks with me when I drive in the winter. I look like an idiot blocking my car in the grocery store parking lot.
I've used my parking brake on my Honda when it was -10 and didn't have it stick.
I've also got the intermittent flashing brake light problem - Mazda says brake fluid okay, and they don't know why it's flashing.
Can anyone give me some insight?
I went to Colorado around Christmas, and my friend lives up in the mountains and has a real steep driveway. I always used my parking brake with my Honda in his driveway, no problem. Anyway, my P5 brake stuck and wouldn't un-stick. When pavement is dry, I can drive a little ways and the heat from friction will un-stick it. However, when snowcovered, the wheel won't spin, and thus no friction, and thus, out of luck.
I can see it sticking under 15 degrees or something extreme like that (if that's extreme, depending on where you live), but 30 degrees?!? Come on.
So, official Mazda answer: use chocks when parking on an incline in the winter. What BS. I have to freaking carrying blocks with me when I drive in the winter. I look like an idiot blocking my car in the grocery store parking lot.
I've used my parking brake on my Honda when it was -10 and didn't have it stick.
I've also got the intermittent flashing brake light problem - Mazda says brake fluid okay, and they don't know why it's flashing.
Can anyone give me some insight?