E-Brake Stuck

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zachab242

Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2005

93 Laser RS

Wednesday night we got our first snowfall of about 3 inches and its cold as fug.... Thursday I go to leave and I put the E-brake lever down to unlock it but the brake light stayed on and theres no tension......... it still makes the clicking noise to put up or down just no tension.. What can I don to fix this? what happened? maybe water in the line froze?

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zachab242

Discussion Starter · #2 · Nov 25, 2005

the brakes are still on so its burning alotta gas to drive and i have work tonight(pizza driver)

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BLCKOUT92

· #3 · Nov 25, 2005

i wouldnt drive it much, your gonna F*** up your drums and pads. i dont believe theres any "water" to deal with. your ebrake is a cable, theres nothing hydrolic about it. crawl under the car and there should be a cable coming out from the center consol. check to see if its kinked, cut, stuck, whatever. if theres nothing wrong check inside the car under the center consol where the lever is i think there is an adjustment there. you can loosin or tightin the cable there. if that doesnt work, take off the wheel and the drum housing and find out whats jamming in there. sux that its cold out, i hate doing that stuff in the freezn cold. good luck, hope u can make it to work.

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jtmcinder

· #4 · Nov 26, 2005

Our e-brake cables often freeze (because water gets in the line). Your best option is to limp the car to some indoor garage, wait for it to thaw and release, and then not use it again this winter or until the cables are replaced.

- Jtoby

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PC Talon

· #5 · Nov 27, 2005

BLCKOUT92 said:
i wouldnt drive it much, your gonna F*** up your drums and pads. i dont believe theres any "water" to deal with. your ebrake is a cable, theres nothing hydrolic about it. crawl under the car and there should be a cable coming out from the center consol. check to see if its kinked, cut, stuck, whatever. if theres nothing wrong check inside the car under the center consol where the lever is i think there is an adjustment there. you can loosin or tightin the cable there. if that doesnt work, take off the wheel and the drum housing and find out whats jamming in there. sux that its cold out, i hate doing that stuff in the freezn cold. good luck, hope u can make it to work.

Just an FYI:
All 1G cars were 4 wheel disc, none came with drums. I know some cars, late model Celicas for example, even with 4 wheel discs have a tiny drum that acts as a parking brake. However 1G DSMs just lock the calipers when using the parking brake.

Like Jtoby said, your best bet is to get it somewhere warm and let it thaw out.

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Briuah

· #6 · Nov 28, 2005

Did anyone address the issue that your parking brake switch may be stuck?

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jtmcinder

· #7 · Nov 28, 2005

Briuah said:
Did anyone address the issue that your parking brake switch may be stuck?

If there is no tension when you pull the handle, then it isn't the switch.

- Jtoby

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Briuah

· #8 · Nov 28, 2005

Oh, I thought he meant there was no tension on the brakes.

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Whiteonyx86

· #9 · Nov 28, 2005

my car has done this as well...it's kind fun being im fwd and the ground is slick (in parking lots) usually i either drive it 20ft and if they dont come loose, ill keep the ebrake down and let them thaw...

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zachab242

Discussion Starter · #10 · Nov 28, 2005

I just left it down...... Friday night after working for awhile the Brake light went off and it had tension again.........lol funny how shit fixes itself....

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Briuah

· #11 · Nov 29, 2005

You should look into what is making it keep the tension, so it does not happen again.

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