Most electronic parking brakes require you have the brake depressed when engaging or disengaging. So unless your dog is a Great Dane with incredible dexterity, you're fine.
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That just doesn't apply off road. I learned on an MT, and was always taught to turn off the engine and leave it in gear.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
I had the same problem on my 2014 JK... turns out when they changed my Parking Brake handle part (because of the popped rivet problem) the updates part *also* required a new cable of a slightly different length.I could never get my parking brake adjusted perfectly in my Wrangler. I'd get it to where it would hold well on an incline but the shoes would drag. I'd back it off to where the shoes would not drag anymore but the brake wouldn't hold the Jeep on a steep incline. But, it did work great for screwing around in the snow :
The Bronco has hill park assist, so when driving a manual, if you come to a full stop, and take your foot off the brake, the brakes remained engaged until you start moving forward.Anton left his vehicle in neutral.
A mental error.
Not going to speak Ill of the dead.
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As an owner of a 6M transmission JK Jeep with the hand brake, I'm very sketchy about a vehicle with an e-brake under the bottom LEFT dash.
AFAIK, you can't do the classic stop at a steeply inclined road crossing.
Put it in neutral, pull the e-brake, take your foot off the brake.
When it's time to cross:
Depress the clutch, put it in 1st. Switch your right hand the e-brake, slowly release the clutch when ready to go.
Then release the e-brake as the clutch grabs.
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Does the Electronic e-brake release ONLY as the vehicle moves forward?
Mine rides shotgun - harness, latched to seatbelt. Pops gas cap open CONSTANTLY.^This^ Safest is to latch them directly behind the driver seat with a dog seatbelt
I don't get it. All the manual guys love to yell about how they can "really drive," and that autos are for ladies.AFAIK, you can't do the classic stop at a steeply inclined road crossing.
Put it in neutral, pull the e-brake, take your foot off the brake.
When it's time to cross:
Depress the clutch, put it in 1st. Switch your right hand the e-brake, slowly release the clutch when ready to go.
Then release the e-brake as the clutch grabs.
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I disabled this crap on my FiST the first day. Any manual driver worth a damn does not need it.The Bronco has hill park assist, so when driving a manual, if you come to a full stop, and take your foot off the brake, the brakes remained engaged until you start moving forward.
Works really well. No need to mess with the parking brake.
I have the hill assist on my 16 focus. It only holds the brake for a few seconds. Then it releases.The Bronco has hill park assist, so when driving a manual, if you come to a full stop, and take your foot off the brake, the brakes remained engaged until you start moving forward.
Works really well. No need to mess with the parking brake.
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I disabled this crap on my FiST the first day. Any manual driver worth a damn does not need it.
Might re-enable it when my kid starts driving, but probably not.
Yeah, most hold it long enough to engage the clutch normally but release eventually... our BMW (and Mini before that) do it this way.I have the hill assist on my 16 focus. It only holds the brake for a few seconds. Then it releases.
Never had an issue with my 2015 JKU parking brake and I parked on inclines all the time.The JK hand-lever parking brake is not very reliable. Mine broke on the boat ramp - fortunately while I was still in the driver’s seat. The replacement lever and spring ratchet was dodgy for years. I had to pump it up and down to get it to ratchet and then be careful to pull it where it would hold the Jeep but not pop the ratchet back to no tension. Finally I read that spraying brake fluid helps - which it does eliminate most of the tension pop incidents.
Nice to have a handbrake but not a sucky one like the Jeep JKs.
I think you’re agreeing with my statement.That just doesn't apply off road. I learned on an MT, and was always taught to turn off the engine and leave it in gear.
On my wife’s Audi it disengages when you go and reengages when you stop again. I am not sure what the triggers are, but at least it is not a PITA.Does the Electronic e-brake release ONLY as the vehicle moves forward?
Depends on the manufacturer. I was a Honda tech for years, e-parking brake would disengage depending on Load, accelerator pedal position A and B, throttle body position, brake pedal position, ABS unit, I’m sure a couple more. Any failure in any of those systems the electronic parking brake/ Hill Start Assist wouldn’t do anything and You’d get a DTC. To me it would disengage just in time with normal driving. Never felt slow or fast, just right. I’ve only driven Honda’s with manual trans and hill start assist. If I driven other manufacturers or ford I just don’t remember so I’ll assume it functioned the same way ?
It was pretty solid for the first two or three years on mine. Then the problems started. Maybe they fixed it by 2015. Mine is a 2008.Never had an issue with my 2015 JKU parking brake and I parked on inclines all the time.