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Hello everyone,

I noticed that my parking brake / emergency brake does not work. The lever will lift up and the light says "brake on" but it will not hold the car. Perhaps it is not connected – at any rate it does not work.

What first steps should I take to determine where the problem is? I did use search in the English section and did not find anything.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend

Thank you!

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Hi,
the possible causes : Jamming or torn braking cables or corroded and stuck parking brake levers inside the rear calipers.

It is quite easy to find out: Jack up your car at the rear (or lay down under the trunk) and take a look at the levers, the parking brake cables are attached with.
If the levers (or even just one of them) aren't in their neutral position, it might look like this:

Mind the red marked lever point. In its neutral position, it must be in touch with the rest bolt. As it looks similar to this image, hang out the cable of the lever(s). If the lever snaps back into its rest position now, the cable will stuck. If the lever keeps remaining in its incorrect position, the lever itself will stuck inside the caliper.
I'm really sure, that the second option is the cause – it's a well known major bug.
Now you can try WD40 or similar and engage the lever with a pipe wrench or so, until it is moving again.
But this will normally not solve the problem for a long term.
Basically the levers look like this, after they are dismantled.

The only way to get rid of that is buying a new one or to refurbish the calipers.


Beste Grüße
Tim
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Something additional: Take a look at my site:
www.texerv.com

Click the button: "Bremsanlage" http://www.texerv.com/bremsanlage.html
You'll find some informations (unfortunately in German yet but you might use a site translator i.e)
I'm trying hard on an English version of my site, and I guess / hope it will be online within the next few days.


Beste Grüße
Tim
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Hi Tim,

Thank you for the very complete answer with the pictures! I hope to check this out this weekend. (A friend who has some mechanical experience will help me.)

I will use the translator on your site. Again, my German language skills are very poor. I need to read & listen & speak and try to get it back!

This car is so much fun to drive!

Have a good weekend ....

-SF

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Hi,
I have sent you a pm


Beste Grüße
Tim

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