There are two main types of parking brakes available in cars today. Which one you have will change what happens if you leave ...

The electronic parking brake, or EPB, switch in a 2023 Ford F-150 pickup. Every vehicle on the road is equipped with a parking brake, a hand brake, an e-brake, or an emergency brake. Regardless of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ongoing evolution of technology sometimes results in some things being left by the wayside. That statement applies as much to personal technology items as it does to automobiles. First, we lost ...

Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

You may be relying on putting your vehicle in “park” to keep it from rolling off. You’ll feel differently after seeing Izaiah33 (@hs_unknown58)’s video. It shows just how little is between you and ...

Not long ago, I was cruising along an empty country highway when my attention wandered to the electronic parking brake button. With no other cars in sight, I started wondering what would happen if I ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

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