Electronic parking brake?

[BearWithMe]

I’m pretty sure the Bronco is going to get an electronic parking or e-brake. Do we know where the controls are? On the dash or on the center console?

if it’s in the center console, I would be worried about my dog accidentally releasing the parking brake by stepping on the button. I think that’s what happened here:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37023/this-jeep-wrangler-is-completely-unrecognizable-after-falling-off-colorados-black-bear-pass

Maybe someone will come up with an aftermarket manual parking brake. That is a resto mod I could get behind...

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[Lcubed]

if the wrangler was an automatic with the rotary gear selector, it's a jeep FCA design flaw.
the same thing killed anton yelchin his jeep pinned him after failing to properly select 'park'

 

[BearWithMe]

if the wrangler was an automatic with the rotary gear selector, it's a jeep FCA design flaw.
the same thing killed anton yelchin his jeep pinned him after failing to properly select 'park'

Some of the news articles confirm this Jeep was a manual, so it wasn't the "failure to apply parking brake" scenario that accompanies the FCA rotary gear selector issues.

 

[Lcubed]

so it was left running in neutral?

 

[BearWithMe]

so it was left running in neutral?

Yes, with the parking brake applied, is what I gather.

 

[Lcubed]

from long experience with stick shift land rovers, turn off the engine and leave in gear.
don't depend on the parking brake off road

 

[Stitches1974]

so it was left running in neutral?

According to the driver, no. It wasn't running.

" The 22yr old male, who was the driver of the Jeep Wrangler Sport, told Deputies he had shut off the engine, applied the emergency brake and stepped out of the vehicle to help direct a driver behind him around a tight turn. "

 

[Apples]

The electronic e-brake is on the console by the drivers left knee. Shouldn't be any danger of the dog hitting it.

From what I heard, the jeep was turned off and in gear with the e-brake off. It popped out of gear and started rolling.

Edit: From the comment above. I'm not surprised if the e-brake was on. In my Xterra, with a lift and large tires, the stock e-brake was almost useless.

 

[_2020_]

if it’s in the center console, I would be worried about my dog accidentally releasing the parking brake by stepping on the button.

Get your dog in the the back!

 

[Scohin]

Get your dog in the the back!

^This^ Safest is to latch them directly behind the driver seat with a dog seatbelt

 

[vrtical]

Lower left panel steering wheel flush mount on the F150 and it works well

 

[etmccaus86]

I’m pretty sure the Bronco is going to get an electronic parking or e-brake. Do we know where the controls are? On the dash or on the center console?

if it’s in the center console, I would be worried about my dog accidentally releasing the parking brake by stepping on the button. I think that’s what happened here:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37023/this-jeep-wrangler-is-completely-unrecognizable-after-falling-off-colorados-black-bear-pass

Maybe someone will come up with an aftermarket manual parking brake. That is a resto mod I could get behind...

I very well may be wrong, but I thought JK and JL Wranglers (I can't quite tell which this happens to be) have mechanical parking brakes. Note the lever between front seats.

Don't believe either ever offered the rotary automatic shifter, either (JL auto below).

 

[Marine2146]

This is the problem shifter on the grand Cherokee , it was a return to center style shifter had to hold it forward until the transmission went into park. The fix was the transmission automatically goes into park if the driver door is opened. They have gone back to the standard shifter and they have a manual foot operated parking brake. Push once to set, push again to release.

 

[BearWithMe]

Anyone with a current Ranger that can confirm where the controls are located? @Rick Astley

 

[HeritageRider]

I'd much rather have a manual handbrake lever. Handbrake turns on snow and ice (and dirt) can be very useful, fun, .... and can save your ass if the front end is plowing.

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