Electric parking/handbrakes

[JaiMaai]

My gut feeling without any experience or evidence is that I just don't trust the idea of them.

 

Over to the ASEAN Now hive mind to back me up or put me in my place....

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

They’ve been around for 20 years or so... no issues.

 

Most cars are auto these days anyway...  

So we have P (Park) which is effectively an e-brake anyway. 

We can also engage the e-Brake, I only use the e-brake if parked on a hill.

[RayWright]

Bit tricky trying to do a handbrake turn. Like no. 

[poppysdad]

Had my Toyota CHR well over 4 years and use the e-brake every time, also the auto braking when stationary at lights etc and just touch accelerator to release brake to pull away and so far been flawless every time. 

[Crossy]

I (almost) never use the handbrake (exceptions, steep hills and the like of course), manual truck gets parked in-gear, auto just in "Park".

 

If it's not applied the brake can't seize "on".

[thaibeachlovers]

40 minutes ago, JaiMaai said:

My gut feeling without any experience or evidence is that I just don't trust the idea of them.

I didn't realise the motor industry had gone so barking. Probably because it's cheaper.

 

If the battery fails while the park brake is on, does it stay on, or go off?

[thaibeachlovers]

11 minutes ago, poppysdad said:

Had my Toyota CHR well over 4 years and use the e-brake every time, also the auto braking when stationary at lights etc and just touch accelerator to release brake to pull away and so far been flawless every time. 

Cars are always flawless till they are not.

[Pmbkk]

 

I remember hiring a manual car which had one of these at Heathrow. I drove to my parents whose house is on a hill and parked up - snowing outside. Came out and I'd been blocked in - a few inches wither side.

 

Using it whilst trying to revers up a hill using clutch control with only a few inches either side was terrifying, thinking of the  damage I may do if it didn't work as expected ????

 

[seedy]

59 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If the battery fails while the park brake is on, does it stay on, or go off?

As a safety feature it requires electric power to release it.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 minutes ago, seedy said:

As a safety feature it requires electric power to release it.

What could possibly go wrong with that? LOL.

[JaiMaai]

Thanks for the input.  

 

Having done some proper research, I think I understand how they work a bit more. I can also see how the auto-brake feature could be quite useful. 

 

I can probably get used to it and maybe even grow to like it.

[richard_smith237]

On 11/12/2022 at 10:38 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

On 11/12/2022 at 10:28 AM, seedy said:

As a safety feature it requires electric power to release it.

What could possibly go wrong with that? LOL.

Ok... what could possibly go wrong with that ???

 

It is any less safe than a Handbrake and cable ?

 

IF the parking e-brake requires electric power to release it and the battery dies etc.. the car isn’t going anywhere anyway, without electric power...   So.. I’m not sure what could go wrong unless you’re implying some ‘power surge’ could disengage the e-brake ???