Check Parking Brake

[andywxm]

Hi

I bought a 2008 2.2D Avensis last month but I have been having an issue regarding the electonic parking brake on the car. Sometimes when I park up using the foot brake and clutch, I select the parking brake and it says to 'check parking brake system' or 'release parking brake'. The brakes seem to be fine on the car and I usually wait about five seconds when I'm fully parked up to engage the electronic parking brake. When I do this process, the parking brake holds the car. I'm not sure if anybody else have problems with the same issue.

 

Thanks

[Bper]

Hi Andy,

This is described in a previous post. Hope this helps.

 

[Big_Al_100]

Hi Andy,

I had same issue once and it was a brake caliper starting to seize up.

In the past I had a fault that looked like it pointed to the Park Brake Actuator but it ended up being that I had a brake caliper that started to gradually seize causing faults.

I would recommend jacking up car and see if you can turn the wheel through the handbrake when it is on, or get it checked on a rolling road. I was also able to watch the caliper spring not move the same as the other side indicating the brake caliper wasn't moving much.

The above faults may show the same as a faulty actuator so removing the caliper and seeing if it can be moved by hand, to check if it is seized, might be the only option to check.