The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as shown in ...

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GM is recalling 20 Blazer EVs after discovering a parking brake harness issue caused by an earlier parts catalog error during ...

Mazda announced a recall late last week of 227,814 Mazda 3 and Mazda 6 models to repair a potentially dangerous parking brake defect. The recall affects Mazda 3 vehicles from the 2014-2016 model years ...

Some units of the 2024-2025 Chevy Blazer EV are being recalled because they may have been repaired improperly during a 2025 recall.

The ability to stop is the most important feature your car has to offer. I know, Apple CarPlay is nice, but slowing down in a controlled fashion takes the cake. Over time, your brake system wears, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — Honda is recalling more than 350,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A faulty part means a truck could roll away even if it's in Park. A fix is not yet available. Nissan is recalling over 180,000 ...

Chevrolet is recalling an amusingly small number of Blazer EVs to fix a problem caused by the company messing up a previous ...

These instructions for adjusting your parking brake work only if you have drum brakes on your rear wheels. If you have a manual transmission, you may have a transmission-type parking brake, which ...