Electric Handbreak What Wheels?
- Thread starter Pitter
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- Canada
He mentions the manual in the OP. If it's in there, maybe he just didn't see it.
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
No.
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- Toronto, ON Canada
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- 2017 CX-5 GT
No. Do you believe electricity keeps the brake engaged?
Power is only used to turn the motor to engage or disengage the brake pads.
Power is only used to turn the motor to engage or disengage the brake pads.
RICHOMATIC
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- 2003 PROTEGE 5
There's a motor and a module, bunch of crap . Ever use the parking brake???? I have... Maybe 5 times in 55 years of driving
it's just more crap to break
it's just more crap to break
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- Central Virginia
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- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
Even though I'm usually on board with the "it's just more crap to break" philosophy of car ownership (my Austin Healey had side curtains, not even roll-down windows), I've always used my parking brake. I've been told it keeps the tension/pressure off the automatic transmission pawl, and stops a manual transmission from binding. I engage the parking brake before taking my foot off the regular brake so as to not allow the car to toll when in Park.
The only exception might be if whether (or extended period of non-use during winter) could introduce the risk of brake pads getting frozen to the drum/disc.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
