E-Brake whoas
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I have only had my cobalt for a few months now. with the ebrake activated my car rolled down a hill into the back of my friends hitch on his truck. so i have a nice dimple. i covered it by putting the license plate there. its right in the center where the plate mount should be. anyway when getting my stage to put in my ebrake went completely out. like doesnt catch at all. so should the dealership have to repair my bumper. i feel they should since the car has 5 thousand miles on it and the damage is from a faulty ebrake!!!
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now I don't know if it's true with cobalts or not, but my impala's emergency brake .. well..
I have disc brakes, but the centers of the rotors in the back is bigger, and the emergency brake is on both sides like a drum brake at the center of the rotor on the inside.
I have disc brakes, but the centers of the rotors in the back is bigger, and the emergency brake is on both sides like a drum brake at the center of the rotor on the inside.
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I had the same problem last week with 5k mile on it too when i was getting gas...
I went to the dealer rite away and the ordered a brand new assembly kit for it and installed it for me...
All under warranty...
I got lucky i guess...
I went to the dealer rite away and the ordered a brand new assembly kit for it and installed it for me...
All under warranty...
I got lucky i guess...
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was your car in gear? if the car was in gear, like it's supposed to be, it wouldn't have rolled. i'm guessing it was in neutral.
that really sucks dude, but let it be a lesson. don't ever park the car in neutral with just he e-brake. alway, always leave the car in gear. this way if the ebrake fails, the car doesn't roll.
that really sucks dude, but let it be a lesson. don't ever park the car in neutral with just he e-brake. alway, always leave the car in gear. this way if the ebrake fails, the car doesn't roll.
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When the front of the car is pointing down hill, your car should be in the reverse gear. If your front is pointing up hill, you should have it in first. Both times with the ebrake on obviously.
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reverse typically has a gear ratio between that of 1st gear and 2nd gear....it is definitely not the largest gear. think about it, if it was the largest gear, it would be larger than 5th...and if that were the case, it wouldnt really be usable. try moving your car starting in 5th gear.... reverse should be something like a 2.5:1 ratio
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what i meant to say was it uses multiple gears which is stronger and larger than a single gear. but you are right if you are measuring the diameter of the gear. 1st gear is bigger than the reverse gear in that sence. either way 1st or reverse and ebrake is better then just the ebrake
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