Parking Brake Acting Up

Doctor Fishtail · May 15, 2016

So everytime I start car and drive off I get an alarm on dash says "Parking Brake Engaged" Well there is an adjustment underneath car on the drivers side of exhaust that will fix this problem. It is a 10mm nut that needs to be tightened with a deep socket. With exhaust out of car very simple. I did it with car on alignment rack with exhaust installed. Nut was very very loose but not now.

IvanCRF · May 15, 2016

Sweet. I tightened mine down because it took tons of clicks for it to engage. Now it only takes 3 to 4 clicks for my parking brake to engage.

Cobra Jet · May 17, 2016

Has anyone experienced that part to rattle or come in contact with the exhaust or floor pan?

IvanCRF · May 17, 2016

Cobra Jet said:
Has anyone experienced that part to rattle or come in contact with the exhaust or floor pan?

Nope. I had rattling due to a loose OEM ball style exhaust clamp right under the driver's seat though.

Bubbachunks · May 17, 2016

I have this same problem on my Focus. I wonder...

Pootie_Stang · May 25, 2016

mine does the same thing! I will try this this weekend

Cobra Jet · May 25, 2016

Doctor Fishtail said:
So everytime I start car and drive off I get an alarm on dash says "Parking Brake Engaged" Well there is an adjustment underneath car on the drivers side of exhaust that will fix this problem. It is a 10mm nut that needs to be tightened with a deep socket. With exhaust out of car very simple. I did it with car on alignment rack with exhaust installed. Nut was very very loose but not now.

Just curious - how were you able to adjust that / did you have to remove your exhaust?

I was under mine looking / and mine has a silver material covering the assembly (I guess to protect it from the hot exhaust piping. It's so tight where the location is, I'm not sure how you were able to get to it to adjust it??

Did yours not have the protective material affixed to it?

IvanCRF · May 25, 2016

I have a H-pipe and had room to adjust the parking brake without removing exhaust components. No protective material was affixed on mine.

Parking Brake Acting Up

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Bubbachunks

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