james2747
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- E270 CDI 2003
The foot operated parking brake has become progressively more difficult to release ... over last 18 months.
It quite often needed about 2 or 3 cycles of me pulling the release handle and letting it spring back in, before the "parking brake on" warning light went off ... now I'm having to give it about 15 to 20 'cycles' before it finally releases.
Pressing the brake pedal or manually trying to lift the foot operated parking brake pedal does not seem to have any influence ... in fact the foot operated pedal didn't seem to need pulling back.
Pulling and releasing the 'release lever' lots of times is the only solution.
I have grovelled about in the footwell and sprayed WD40 on to anything that looks like a pawl or pivot ..... no improvement!
If parking on the flat I have started to not use the parking brake but there are situations where I need to use it and I always worry that one day it will never release.
My question is where do I start first?
Do I start at rear .... the parking brake shoes / cables etc or further forward at the release/adjuster mechanism which appears to be tucked away under the car requiring jacking up, removal of heat shields etc ... looks a 'orrible job to get at!
Any advice most welcome.
It quite often needed about 2 or 3 cycles of me pulling the release handle and letting it spring back in, before the "parking brake on" warning light went off ... now I'm having to give it about 15 to 20 'cycles' before it finally releases.
Pressing the brake pedal or manually trying to lift the foot operated parking brake pedal does not seem to have any influence ... in fact the foot operated pedal didn't seem to need pulling back.
Pulling and releasing the 'release lever' lots of times is the only solution.
I have grovelled about in the footwell and sprayed WD40 on to anything that looks like a pawl or pivot ..... no improvement!
If parking on the flat I have started to not use the parking brake but there are situations where I need to use it and I always worry that one day it will never release.
My question is where do I start first?
Do I start at rear .... the parking brake shoes / cables etc or further forward at the release/adjuster mechanism which appears to be tucked away under the car requiring jacking up, removal of heat shields etc ... looks a 'orrible job to get at!
Any advice most welcome.