My ebrake just broke. when i pull it up it wont catch and just falls right now. wtf. has this happened to anyone. now i cant drive the car the whole weekend b ecause im worried to leave it with only it being in gear to keep it from rolling

 

Never heard of that lol. It should be fine if you just leave it in gear. Take that **** to the dealer asap!

 

hey dood, let me ask a few questions cause i had something similar happen recently

now, when u pull the ebrake up, if u hold it up are the rear pads still pressing on the rear rotors??? or is the ebrake moving up and down light as a feather?

what happened to me was the ebrake would still press the rear pads down but the handle wouldn't lock into place, lol i used a pop bottle to prop the ebrake up for like 3 weeks b4 i finally stopped being lazy and went to get it fixed, under warranty, done within 1 hour very simple fix.

 

you got it. the brake is still engaging but i mean really....a pop bottle haha. i guess this is where the cheapness of the cobalt rears its ugly...but fast.. head thanks for the help.. i got Dr. Pepper on the case!

 

You would think of some crazy ass **** like that

 

Ugh rooks, it's a parking brake. But you most certainly should get it checked out before your dealer leaves.

 

i wouldn't call it cheep, just random, i had mine for 5 months b4 it happened. I don't think it's a big deal personally, leaving the car is gear is natural to me, i do both, in gear and pull up the ebrake.

lol well i needed the e-brake up for certain spots i park in and sit for awhile, being -30 outside i wanted the car running for heat, leaving me to try and find a way to wedge the e-brake up..........pop bottle was the first thing i found lol

 

I haven't had to warm my car up in about a year

 

Read thishttps://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...hlight=e-brake

 

probably a problem in the ratcheting mechanism in the park brake lever assembly

 

it's under warranty, why wouldn't he just get it fixed by GM?

 

I dont know, it takes like 15 min to fix. And some people (me) don't trust people working on my car.

 

that's fair, personally i'm not very mechanically inclined so i stay away from anything of the sort. I'm also very lucky and i know most of the techs personally at the dealership i got the car from, i used to work there so it's made things much easier for me. The guy who fixed my ebrake used to own an ss/sc lol the exact one my best friend has right now, most work on my cobalt will be performed by him.

 

Happened about 3 times on my GT, some clip that attaches the cable to the brake mechanism undoes itself and needs to be re-clipped or something like that, that's how the dealer always explained the fix anyway. It takes 15 mins for them to do, in and out.

 

yup, cept my clip broke so they had to replace it

 

my parking brake is now very hard to pull up and only makes about 3 clicks

i'm about to take it in as well

 

Is there a way to make the ebrake hold a bit quicker like instead of having to lift the ebrake all the way up and hope it holds its rare when i put the car on its ebrake I only do it when im in a hurry or warming up the car

 

it's fully adjustable, you can make it much tighter but there is a risk with it, over tighten it and you'll have the rear pads rubbing the rotors all the time that's very very very bad