I guess that's 1 advantage to owning an A4. I just put it in P. I know the EBrake won't hold diddly!
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Emergency
Emergency brakes...
I was told by the dealership when I bought my 99, that they were supposed to be "self adjusting" . Ended up paying to have them adjusted pretty early on, i.e. around 25K miles.
My 04 has 10K miles and I am noticing that I have to pull up pretty hard to really set the emergency brake for the car not to "roll" .
Whats the deal? Do they adjust them selves? Can I "self adjust" them etc.
Please advise.
Thanks,
SG
I was told by the dealership when I bought my 99, that they were supposed to be "self adjusting" . Ended up paying to have them adjusted pretty early on, i.e. around 25K miles.
My 04 has 10K miles and I am noticing that I have to pull up pretty hard to really set the emergency brake for the car not to "roll" .
Whats the deal? Do they adjust them selves? Can I "self adjust" them etc.
Please advise.
Thanks,
SG
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It will only adjust within a limited range. By 'pull up pretty hard', do you mean, you have to pull it all the way up? or just a few clicks, and it gets stiff? If it's the latter, it's a good thing.
If you have to pull all the way up, you'll have to adjust the star wheels in the rear e-brake drums.
If you have to pull all the way up, you'll have to adjust the star wheels in the rear e-brake drums.
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Originally Posted by eddie44
I just put it in P. I know the EBrake won't hold diddly!
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Normally, a parking brake is "use it or lose it." As you use it when you park, it continually adjusts itself. If you don't use it, components can freeze up, and you have lost the brake, and its ability to adjust until a technician lubes up the components again for you.
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Of all the great engineering in the car, this ain't some of it.
Mine feels different everytime I apply it and to get it to hold I usually have to pull it to the last click I can manage. Then it holds fine; but, it never seems to be in the same place twice in a row. Great right arm exercise, though, for us left-handed people.
Anyway, I don't think it would pass for more than a "parking" brake, at most.
All the best.
Mine feels different everytime I apply it and to get it to hold I usually have to pull it to the last click I can manage. Then it holds fine; but, it never seems to be in the same place twice in a row. Great right arm exercise, though, for us left-handed people.
Anyway, I don't think it would pass for more than a "parking" brake, at most.
All the best.
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Originally Posted by Grumpy
holds the strap of the digital camera..
Sounds like mine gets more use than most others.
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Originally Posted by Avanti
Of all the great engineering in the car, this ain't some of it.
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I wonder if this issue has been addressed on the C6....Mine will barely hold on a very slight incline when pulled all the way up. Lousy at best. 
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From the C5 Tech Tips section of the Forum: Parking Brake Adjustment
NOTE: Evil-Twin, the author of this tip, I believe is a retired GM automotive engineer who did some work on the C5.
NOTE: Evil-Twin, the author of this tip, I believe is a retired GM automotive engineer who did some work on the C5.
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The e-brake on these cars just does not want to adjust itself. I have had the dealer adjust mine about three times, all under warranty thankfully.
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Originally Posted by BHP
It has NO auto adjuster. You have to pull the rear rotors and turn the star wheel manually.
It's "self" adjusting only as long as you do it by your "self".
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Do the adjustment yourself. Not that hard just like the old drum brakes. It took me an hour or a little less to get it done and it now works like it should. It wasn't adjusted at all when I got in there it was at the minimum adjustment.
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Originally Posted by Avanti
Of all the great engineering in the car, this ain't some of it.
Mine feels different everytime I apply it and to get it to hold I usually have to pull it to the last click I can manage. Then it holds fine; but, it never seems to be in the same place twice in a row. Great right arm exercise, though, for us left-handed people.
Anyway, I don't think it would pass for more than a "parking" brake, at most.
All the best.
Mine feels different everytime I apply it and to get it to hold I usually have to pull it to the last click I can manage. Then it holds fine; but, it never seems to be in the same place twice in a row. Great right arm exercise, though, for us left-handed people.
Anyway, I don't think it would pass for more than a "parking" brake, at most.
All the best.
Mine is like this too, and to be honest I think it's crap.
I took mine in at 3,000 miles and told them to adjust it. They said it was 'as the factory intended' and they couldn't do anything
. hey did some 'standard test' and it passed. I'm still not happy with it.I told them next time it tried to roll back down a hill (scared the hell out of me) that I'd expect to get the damage fixed under warranty.
I have to pull mine up to the very last notch on any kind of an incline to make it hold.
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EMERGENCY brake
Well my girlfriend crashed my 02 c5 when she got out the car pull the
brake and shut the door the car rooled under a car i was so mad
i could have kicked her azz but is was chevy that did it to me they said nothing was wrong.
So i had to take the wheel off and ajust the brake my dayum self
brake and shut the door the car rooled under a car i was so mad
i could have kicked her azz but is was chevy that did it to me they said nothing was wrong.
So i had to take the wheel off and ajust the brake my dayum self