Parking Break
01-26-1999, 03:59 PM
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Parking Break
Two times I have driven my car 98' A4 2.8QM about five miles, put the parking break on and left the car only to come back and find that the car has rolled into another car. The first time (last summer) was no big deal, the car moved about two feet and came to rest on my Dad's car. Last night the car rolled about three feet on a very slight incline into a CRV and hit the spare tire on the back of the CRV. The problem is dammage to my hood, I now have a dent above the grill. The parking break was on, but the car was not in gear. Has anyone else had a problem similar to this? What could cause this.
01-26-1999, 05:10 PM
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Re: Parking Break
When pulling the parking brake, sometimes the center armrest prevents the brake from being fully actuated. I would always leave the car either in 1st or reverse, and pull the parking brake as well. I pull the parking brake before letting off the foot brake as to not let the weight of the car set on the transmission. Unlike with automatics, manual transmissions can roll even in gear given a sharp enough incline. The upside is that you can always push the clutch to get the car out of gear whereas I've seen Auto's where someone parked them on a steep incline without the parking brake and then could not get the car out of Park until the car was pulled back some to get the weight off the transmission. (What a long sentence!)
01-26-1999, 07:16 PM
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Probably a good habit to get into (more)
I don't know where you live, but here in Chicago cars used to have problems with brakes "locking" while using the parking brake during a deep freeze. From what I hear, never happened to me, the parking brake cable becomes wet, then freezes. Could be a wives tale, but that is just another reason to park your car in gear.