Most drivers carry the same mental image: yank the parking brake at speed and brace for screeching tires, a violent rear-end ...

Modern vehicles tend to come equipped with more technologically advanced safety features than some owners are even aware of. While many of those systems can be pricey to repair when they malfunction, ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as shown in ...

Your parking brake isn’t just an emergency backup — it’s a crucial part of keeping your car safe and secure every day.

Chances are that unless you’re parking on a hill (which is definitely a possibility here in Clermont), you don’t use your parking brake much. Not many people do, and not many people realize that this ...

Quickly fading are the days when we were free to dream of cranking a lever connected to cables that would squeeze the brakes and break traction, as more and more modern cars replace cabled emergency ...

My “wonderful” mother has expanded her range of helpful advice-giving to the manner in which I park my car on my steeply sloped driveway. She was deeply concerned about the order in which I engage ...

Do you set the parking brake every time you get out of the car? If not, you're breaking the law. It's a little-known law, but it's one that a Trophy Club family found out about the hard way in the ...

FCA US LLC is currently investigated by the Office of Defects Investigation following no fewer than 80 complaints for the model year 2014 through 2020 Jeep Cherokee. Filed with the National Highway ...

Call it as you may wish, but the electric hand brake or the electronic parking brake is an innovation that helped manufacturers save space inside the cabin and allowed designers to further enhance the ...

These instructions for adjusting your parking brake work only if you have drum brakes on your rear wheels. If you have a manual transmission, you may have a transmission-type parking brake, which ...