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why can't i release my parking brake on Jeep
Our 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee is parked on an incline so my son pulled the
parking brake and now I cannot get it off I am unable to push in the button therefore the lever will not go down.I am not a mechanic and neither is my son can I call AAA it is my only car. -- posted from http://www.motorsforum.com/jeep/why-...ep-134634-.htm using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys and other automotive groups |
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why can't i release my parking brake on Jeep
Carole wrote:
> Our 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee is parked on an incline so my son pulled the > parking brake and now I cannot get it off I am unable to push in the > button therefore the lever will not go down.I am not a mechanic and > neither is my son can I call AAA it is my only car. > Try pushing the brake pedal as hard as you can while releasing the parking brake - that will releive some of the pressure on the latch. You may also have some luck pulling up on the leaver while pushing the button as that may (if you pull hard enough) get the pawl out of the notch it is in as it tries to move to the next notch. I recall having to use a long 2x4 to pry the lever up when some gorilla set the brake really hard. -- Will Honea |
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why can't i release my parking brake on Jeep
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:42:06 -0600, Will Honea >
wrote: > Carole wrote: > > Our 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee is parked on an incline so my son pulled the > > parking brake and now I cannot get it off I am unable to push in the > > button therefore the lever will not go down.I am not a mechanic and > > neither is my son can I call AAA it is my only car. > > > Try pushing the brake pedal as hard as you can while releasing the parking > brake - that will releive some of the pressure on the latch. You may also > have some luck pulling up on the leaver while pushing the button as that may > (if you pull hard enough) get the pawl out of the notch it is in as it tries > to move to the next notch. I recall having to use a long 2x4 to pry the > lever up when some gorilla set the brake really hard. Try pulling up on the brake lever a bit before pressing the button in. |
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