After watching "Talking Cars With Consumer Reports episodes #129 & #130, they have a small segment on Electronic Parking Brakes/EPB(as compared to hand or foot lever P-brakes). Will these EPB's stop a vehicle in an emergency?
First: Is to understand that these systems are NOT Emergency Brakes, they're Parking Brakes.
Second: Is that the EPB will eventually stop a car(in an emergency situation) the same as in the standard lever type P-brake would, keeping in mind that it's only working the rear brake or the small P-brake/drum brake.
Third: What could happen if your car loses all power? Will the EPB still work?
Should the vehicle lose all electronic/electric/mechanical power, the regular brakes(stepping on the brake pedal) themselves should still work!
Fourth: This is mine!
a)What would happen if you've parked the car with the EPB ON, only to get into your car later and find that the battery has gone dead(for whatever reason)?
b)What will happen to the EPB that were ON?
c)Can you have the EPB released in order to have the car towed?
d)Yes we all know about Jump Starting a vehicle but, what is this option is not available e.g., to our children or spouse and we ourselves are not available to help?
Fifth/& onward: Add you own scenario!
I don't mind the idea of the EPB however, in the salt belt states such as NY where I live, this just gives a reason for the system to fail in time...expensively!
I like being able to modulate my P-brakes and prefer the hand lever type of P-brake although personally I don't use them much if at all except for NY State Inspection as it's required.
What say you?
Anyone care to jump aboard and chime in?
First: Is to understand that these systems are NOT Emergency Brakes, they're Parking Brakes.
Second: Is that the EPB will eventually stop a car(in an emergency situation) the same as in the standard lever type P-brake would, keeping in mind that it's only working the rear brake or the small P-brake/drum brake.
Third: What could happen if your car loses all power? Will the EPB still work?
Should the vehicle lose all electronic/electric/mechanical power, the regular brakes(stepping on the brake pedal) themselves should still work!
Fourth: This is mine!
a)What would happen if you've parked the car with the EPB ON, only to get into your car later and find that the battery has gone dead(for whatever reason)?
b)What will happen to the EPB that were ON?
c)Can you have the EPB released in order to have the car towed?
d)Yes we all know about Jump Starting a vehicle but, what is this option is not available e.g., to our children or spouse and we ourselves are not available to help?
Fifth/& onward: Add you own scenario!
I don't mind the idea of the EPB however, in the salt belt states such as NY where I live, this just gives a reason for the system to fail in time...expensively!
I like being able to modulate my P-brakes and prefer the hand lever type of P-brake although personally I don't use them much if at all except for NY State Inspection as it's required.
What say you?
Anyone care to jump aboard and chime in?
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