The Right Way To Use Your Parking Brake
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2022
- Just a quick video teaching people how to use the Parking Brake the right way.
Now if done correctly the car will not roll back, but movement can still be felt. But this is the movement of the weight being transferred is all. When your foot is on the main brakes, it is being held by all 4 tires. But the parking brake only holds the rear tires. So, it is definitely possible to feel the weight being moved from the whole vehicle to just the back tires. - Навчання та стиль
Always wondered why it was such a hard shift from P to R on an incline. All makes sense now - I was never taught to use a parking brake. Thanks for this video. Very helpful!
Happy to help!
Same
great explanation, i grew up in a mountain community and this was taught to me. i now live in the plains and several of my friends have no clue and never set the parking brake even on an incline. they still won't believe me lol
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you soooo much! I was always confused 😩🤦🏾♀️ & I was probably gonna mess up my car soon 🤦🏾♀️ but thx to u now I’ve made a note of this & I tried it. It was so smooth & no jerking @ all
That is awesome! Thanks for watching. 🤗
So many people needed this, awesome channel👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much.
Lol my driving school really taught me the other way around had me following that for half a year to my vehicle. Glad to finally discover this video. It's so much easier to pull it out of park whenever I start my vehicle now.
That's good to hear, all except for the part that the driving school taught you the wrong way.
Not correct on a Mercedes with electronic parking brake or it will throw up a fault.
Embarrassing but I've been doing this wrong for YEARS. I was taught to put it in park, release the brake and THEN engage the parking brake.
I'm now on a job site that has me parked on an incline and figured I'd double check the right way as I rarely ever used the parking brake where I live. THANK YOU!
@rminitials don't be embarrassed. Most people don't know how to do it right. Just glad to help. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video. Someone told me to do this as it's less stress on my CVT.
No problem 👍 So glad to help! Thank you for watching. Check out hundreds more of our videos at www.aroundthehome.org
Thank you so much. I have a Hyundai Tucson 2019. No one in my Hyundai Facebook could answer me. I have been looking everywhere for the answer. Even my manual didn't explain it as well as you did. Praise God for people like you.❤
So can you leave your parking brake on at all times? Or do you go from press the brake then press ebrake then lift ebrake then have foot on the brake then go to reverse?
I never knew they had a way to do it but I just always did it that way naturally. But nice to hear there is actually a way. Thank you
No problem!
@@AroundTheHome1 are you still an ego equipment believer? Just curious I’m slowly getting them. Blower and 2 stage snow blower so far. Thinking of getting the multi head tool instead of 1 piece at a time and I keep trying to convince myself that the 42” zero turn for my lawn is a good idea but that price is really steep. But can be so many less headaches in the future owning it. What do you think? I respect your opinions.
@tom Tom thanks for the question. First question, yes I am still an EGO believer. I think they have the best and most innovative power yard tools. I wish their batteries would last more years, because they are just average. I love my multi-head, especially the hedge trimmer on it. I can top 10' tall bushes/trees from the ground. That is my 2nd favorite tool, the blower still is number 1 for me. Though you have to weigh out the pro's and con's for the multi-head. Which tools do you need? The multi-head gives you options that nothing else will, but do you need it? That is a question that only you can answer. In case you don't have it, here is my webpage for ego. Might have a little more info on there for you. www.aroundthehome.org/ego-power-plus.html The zero turn is an interesting question. Even though I would love to try it out, I have a hard time suggesting it. If you check Lowe's right now the 52" EGO sells for $7000. That includes 6 - 12Ah batteries. The Husqvarna 54" Zero turn is $3650, that is $3350 less. Almost half price. Then on top of that the batteries will last on average 4 years. If you replace them with the EGO brand battery the 12 Ah batteries are a shocking $600 a piece for a total of $3600. So after 4 years you could literally buy 3 of the Husqvarna's. On the flip side, you would have so many EGO batteries that you would never run out of power for your other tools. You could also use their power station and power almost anything with that many batteries. I hope that I lined that out for you with enough info to make a good decision.
@tom Tom you are very welcome. Have a great weekend! 😎
Thank you!!! Our driveway is a slight incline. My wife was doing it all wrong. I do it the same way you do!
No problem 👍 So glad to help! Thank you for watching. Check out hundreds more of our videos at www.aroundthehome.org
Hey man, thanks for this! If you have your foot on the brake, then shift to park, leaving your foot on the brake, then engaging the parking brake- does this still accomplish the same thing?
Recently learned this from experience with my newer car, this video confirmed that I was doing it right lol. Thanks!
You are very welcome.
I would try this. Thank you for your advice
You’re welcome 😊
Easy way to remember is that the parking/emergency brake always comes first. No shifting before that.
Yep, that works.
@jkh2180.
Footbrake comes first.
AMAZING! thank you sir.
I was parking my car & thought “ hey, am I using the handbrake properly? What’s the exact sequence? “
Turns out I’ve been doing wrong 🤣 but that’s why we learn
Glad it helped
So, 1. stop, 2. foot firmly still on the foot brake, 3. pull/push parking brake/e-brake, 4. put in park, 5. then foot off the foot brake.
You got it!
A step better, 4 is put in “n”, 5, put in park.
Very infromative and clear info. There’s a lot of debate regarding this issue here in the Philippines. But
Iike what you’ve said, that’s the right thing to do and it says on the CarManual as well.
Thank you, so glad to help. Are you watching from the Philippines?
@christinejoysuaco5880.
Philippinnos must be stupid people to be debating this subject. There is nothing to debate.
I looked this up for this exact reason. I was doing it wrong and I felt like I was too. The clamp that holds the parking brake wires to the body broke off on our Equinox a few times. Thanks for the video :)
Glad I could help!
Instead of from drive hood break then e brake can I just hold break put to N then pull the e break then put to park ??
Is it fine to put it into park first, so long as your foot is on the brake, before you put the parking brake on? I only ask because that's the way I've been doing it for a while. I'm wondering if the order matters.
Actually, that should be ok as well. That is essentially the way the new Toyota's do it. The main point is to set the parking brake before you release the main brakes. I suggest to do it while still in drive because so many people learned it the wrong way and I have to teach it in a way to brake the cycle. I can't tell you how much I cringe watching people put their cars into park on a hill then just dropping the brake and watching that car drop back. Thanks for watching and thanks for the question.
That's the nice thing about a manual transmission. I leave it in neutral when applying the parking brake then put it in gear.
Yep, those with manuals get this already.
Does this apply to a 2ss Camaro too?
I’ve been doing this with my car since day one because I heard it helps prevent transmission damage but I had never done the neutral step. I’ve always done hold normal brake, parking brake, directly form drive to park, then slowly release brake. So this won’t cause damage?
As long as you keep the brake on until the parking brake is full set. But using the neutral step just lets you know that the parking brake is holding.
Wow thank you sir 🤝🏻
Welcome 👍
Sir, when you move to neutral and then take your foot of the brake, you mentioned that the car is now stable with the parking brake. Do i need to press down on the brake pedal once more before putting the gear lever in Park? Or can i put it in park without pressing down on the brake pedal?
Thanks for the question. If you are sitting still on your parking brake and not moving then you do not need to put your foot on the brake again before putting it in Park. That is unless your car model makes you put your foot on the brake before it lets you put it into park. All modern shifters require you to put your foot on the brake before taking it out of Park, and some require you to do the same to put it in. Thanks for watching.
Manual explanation is best
Thank you so much! I have never known how to use my parking break correctly. You did a great job explaining how to do it right and the reason behind doing it this way. 😀
You are very welcome. 👍😎
Is this only for when parking on an incline? I was taught the other way, but always park in a flat parking lot. Does this parking order apply for non-incline parking?
By the "other way", do you mean putting the parking brake on after you let the car roll back against the parking gear? And you do not need the parking brake when you are parked on flat ground.
I'm going to give this a shot since it's obvious that I've been doing this wrong. Thanks for giving us flatland dwellers this hint.
No problem. 👍
Hi there, thanks for your video. I'm just learning this information and have a question - if I do this process with the emergency/parking brake but the car still rocks back a bit, does it mean there is a problem with it?
Well, I should have maybe shown that a little more in the video. If you are in neutral and the car doesn't move then you know that you did it right and that the parking brake is working right. That is one of the reasons I teach it that way. Now you will still feel a shift of weight in the vehicle when you take your foot off the brake that is different then the car rolling back a few inches then hitting the parking gear. What you are feeling is the car going from all 4 wheels having the brakes on to just the rear wheels. So the weight shifts and the suspension will move with the weight shift. I hope that makes sense. But going back to neutral. If your car isn't moving after you take your foot off the brake then the parking brake is holding. Thanks for your question.
@@AroundTheHome1 that makes sense, thanks for your reply!
You are very welcome.
@@AroundTheHome1this is what i needed to hear!!! tysm
ive been applying the ebrake in a million different ways because i didnt understand why the vehicle was having the weight shift when im done. its good to know its rather irrelevant
Thank you!!!! 👏🥰 BUT how long do I hold my usual brake for? After I pull into my garage, I press my usual brakes then engage the parking brake. At this point am I still holding my usual brakes, shifting into park and turning off engine? Or, after I engage my parking brake can I take my foot off my usual brake pedal?!?
I'll be honest, you lost me a little with your question. Also, almost every garage that I am familiar with is almost perfectly level so the parking brake would not be needed.
@@AroundTheHome1 Thank you for replying, love ur vids, keep it up! So, I've been reading tons on this parking brake thing and it's recommended that it is used each time you park, not just when parked on hill (can remove pressure put on transmission by reg. brake, can prevent the P/E brakes from rusting, can prevent car from moving if hit while parked, etc). My question was the following: When engaging my parking/emergency brake, when do I take my foot off my driving brake? Do I take my foot off of my driving brake after I engaged P/E brake OR until I have shifted into park? Sorry if that's worded weird. Should I just make sure my car doesn't rock when I am using my emergency/parking brake? Thank you so much for all you do :))))))))))))))
You are welcome and thank you for your question. Whether or not I agree to using it every time you park or just when you are on an incline doesn't really matter. You just need to keep your main brake depressed until you have the parking brake set. I like to then ease off the main brake to make sure that the parking brake is indeed set and holding before shifting into park. I hope that makes it clear.
@@AroundTheHome1 Got it, you're the absolute best!! keep your work as awesome as always :)))
I like the Neutral option, no stress on the transmission.
Yep, me too!
Much appreciated, 🔥👍🤔😌
No problem 👍
Should I apply the parking brake even on a flat surface with a Automatic Transmission?
With an automatic transmission and on a flat surface, then no it is not needed. Thank you for your question and thanks for watching.
So for a new toyota, where parking brake is automatically engaged while shifting to P, we don't want to do all the steps that you mentioned?
Well, you do the steps that I mention for a Toyota. Since you do not have a way to engage the parking brake other then putting it into park, then when you stop do this. Keep your foot on the brake and put it into Park. Then you have to wait for it to engage. So keep your foot on the brake for like 2 actual seconds. If you turn the radio off you can here it engage. When it is fully engaged then take your foot off the brake. The weight will now be held by the brakes and not the transmission. Hope that helps.
After having foot on brake pedal and shifting to neautral then engaging parking brake, do i have to put foot back on brake pedal before shifting to park or can i just shift straight to park after confirmimg parking brake was engaged on neautral?
You know this is a real question, thank you for that. If the parking brake is engaged and working, the car will not be moving. Therefore, yes you can just shift straight to park without putting your foot back on the brake pedal.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
what if you back into your slanted driveway. Should i put it into neutral after reverse, then e brake, or can i do it just from being in reverse, e brake, then park
Being in reverse is really the same. You can just back into the driveway, put the parking brake on, then put it in park. I do still like putting it into neutral before park and letting off the brakes to make sure the parking / e brake has engaged all the way and is holding.
Should I do this every time I park? and should I do this on the drivers test when they ask me to park?
This is only needed if you are parking on a slope. If you are parking on a flat surface, no need to use unless you are driving a manual transmission.
Hey man I’m not sure if you can answer my conclusion but you see when I put my car up the hill of my drive way I leave my foot on the break then I put it in park then I put the hand break and then I let my foot go off the break pedal. Is that a good way as well ?
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@7raqqq I don't know the best answer to give you here. I laid out the best way to do this in the video. Will your way also work? It can if the parking brake catches 100% and the car doesn't roll at all. Yes then that will work also, but I give the directions the way I do so that you know that the car's weight is on the parking brake before you engage the transmission into Park.
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My 2018 nissan altima has a cvt transmission so using the EBrake also is highly recommended as well right?
@T. Caskets I honestly am not totally sure everything that you should do or not do with a cvt. But I'm sure that it is good to use the EBrake whenever on a slope. I would hope that the Neutral position would still work roughly the same as a standard automatic transmission.
I have a Nissan Altima 2023 and with cvt transmission and I’ve doing this since I bought the car. So you telling me isn’t right to do it with altimas?
Thanks bro
No problem
How about putting the car in park and keep your foot on the pedal and then engaging the parking brake? At that point you could release your foot from the pedal
Yes, this will work, the key is just letting off the brake pedal after applying the parking brake. This is the way I have always done it. There’s no stress on the transmission because the car should not shift at all after letting off the brake pedal.
I do it this way lol
Thankyou 🤙🏽
You are very welcome.
That was super helpful and did not insult my intelligence at all thank you (this was not sarcasm, I tend to word things wrong lmao)
Glad to help.
Thank you for this video. Got Volkswagen Atlas 2024 and manual mentions this sequence. What is your suggestion?
1. Depress and hold the brake pedal.
2. With an automatic gearbox, engage the parking lock P.
3. Switch on the electronic parking brake.
4. On uphill and downhill slopes, turn the steering wheel so that the vehicle will roll against the kerb if it starts to move.
5. Stop the engine and switch off the ignition.
6. Release the brake.
This is basically what I demonstrate in this video with the exception of putting it into neutral to make sure the parking brake did in fact catch all the way. In your manual and in my video the most important thing is that you are holding the brake in the hole time. First step apply brake, last step release brake. The reason that I made this video is that I see so many people while parking on an incline do it wrong. I watch them put the car into park then drop the brake. Then I watch the vehicle roll back and then rock as the parking gears hit. Then maybe they apply the parking brake.
@@AroundTheHome1Thank you for your reply. Appreciate it. Thanks for your response, I'm grateful. According to the Volkswagen manual, it suggests engaging the parking gear ( P) while holding the brake pedal. Is it an alternative to your method to this and is it the correct way to do it? I have slightly incline parking.
I got the first part down but I just need help understanding the second part. I have push to start so I hit the break and hit start to start the car but obviously I let go after it starts or else it keeps reving. Once I’m ready to go I put my foot back on the break, release parking break and then shift? Also I have a downhill driveway, should I be applying the parking break for that?
It sounds like you have it down. The main point of this is to keep the brakes on until the parking brake is fully engaged so that the brake is holding the vehicle, not the transmission. And yes, if you park somewhere that if you put the vehicle into neutral and it immediately started rolling then use your parking brake.
@@AroundTheHome1 thank you so much man
No problem.
Should I use the parking brake every time I park my vehicle? Thank you!
I would only do it on inclines. You can do it all the time if you like.
When parking: keep foot pressed on break (for this whole process) engage parking break, shift to park.
When starting up: keep foot pressed on break (for this whole process) un-do parking break, shift to drive.
Sir may i kindly ask. How about while waiting for the traffic light? If its longer than 2 mins, should i shift to N then handbrake? This is for an automatic transmission car. Thank you.
You should never engage the parking brake while driving. Even at long traffic lights. Just keep your foot on the regular brake and wait for traffic.
@@AroundTheHome1 some mechanics were saying that doing that will damage the clutch of the AT transmission. Is that true? How about auto hold during traffic? Is it fine? Thank you good sir.
Yea I learned about this like 2 years ago and now I do it on a hill every time I park
That's great!
So if you pull up to your spot on an incline before you put it in park you can use the parking brake than put it in park? Then the next time you drive release the parking brake use normal brake than to go into reverse is this correct?
I had to read this a couple of times to make sure that we are on the same page. But, yes I think you have it.
@@AroundTheHome1 actually I watched another video where you are still in drive then put the e brake on then put it in park. The next time you drive put it in reverse with e brake still on and using regular brake then put the car in reverse then take the e brake off.. is this correct actually?
I feel like you are making this more complicated then it is. The main point of this, whether you engage the e-brake while in park or in drive is to keep your foot on the brake the hole time until the e-brake is fully engaged. I talk about putting it in neutral after engaging the e-brake to make sure that it is fully engaged and working before putting it into park just as a way to double check everything is working correctly.
So how about this way. Place car in P, while still stepping on the brake pedal, engage Parking/Emergency brake then release the brake pedal. The weight of the vehicle will still be on Parking brake and not on the transmission, correct?
Yes, as long as the parking brake caught all the way. That's why I say to put it in neutral first. Now as long as your brake is working all the way and you know that it is, then skipping the neutral step works fine.
You do this on a decline too? What about flat surface?
I do this on any incline / decline, but it is not necessary on a flat surface.
Helpful video! I just got a Toyota with an electronic parking brake. Every time I shift it to P the parking brake automatically activates. A friend said to put it in N, activate the parking brake, and put it in P. I can just put it into P as long as I press on the brakes and wait for the parking brakes to activate? Thanks again!
Yes that is right. The neutral part does not work with the new Toyotas since they parking brake is activated by putting it into park. Just hold down the brake for a couple of seconds after you put it in park so that the brake can engage all the way.
Thank you and greatly appreciated
Welcome
@@AroundTheHome1 Hi again! I've been stepping on the brakes for 5 seconds after punting it to Park and activating the Electronic Parking Brake. Now what I noticed is when I'm taking it out from Park to R or D the car moves or jerks even If I'm applying the foot brakes but if I deactivate the electronic parking brake 1st before shifting out of Park it's smoother and there is no jerking. Is the jerking because the weight of the car is on the parking pawl? Thank you again
I'm sorry, but I don't completely understand what you are saying. To my understanding the Toyota's engage and disengage the parking brake by putting the vehicle into / out of Park. I am not familiar with another way to engage / disengage the parking brake.
I did this in my golf, putting the emergency break on and then going from drive to park and my car rocked even more than usual when I do that the other way around? Is it fine to do emergency break and then park? That’s what I’ve always done, and my car rocked after trying new method?
When you say new method, do you mean the way I describe by shifting into neutral?
@@AroundTheHome1 yea
What about a Manuel handbrake. Like on the 2017 tacoma
A manual transmission?
I been doing it in neutral, you said that is fine as well?
Oh yes, neutral is good. The main point is to keep the weight on the brakes, and not the transmission.
@@AroundTheHome1 thank you Great video
So i have a Ford Escape at the side of the street which is a slightly downhill. What i do is, i lift the parking brake, put it on N, then let my foot off the brake to make sure the parking brake is holding my car(it doesnt rock back), then i put my feet back on the brake and put it in P. Thats how ive been doing it so if the parking brake breaks, its less expensive than if the parking pawl breaks.
You got it.
I didn't use it for years because I thought it was unnecessary. Now I'm trying to make it a habit
That's good.
@@AroundTheHome1 thanks to you I know how
I was doing the wrong thing an everytime I hv to start the car to drive before I put it in the gear it use to be hard to shift the gear into the dive position
This technique should fix that right up.
is this applicable to modern mustangs ?
I feel like there is something here that I don't know. Are we talking about the new EV Mustang?
So many people don’t know this. I’ve taught lots of people this technique.
Helping to change the world, one view at a time.
What if you put it in park then use the parking brake?
As long as you keep the brake on until the parking brake is full set. But using the neutral step just lets you know that the parking brake is holding.
If you put the car in park first, why wouldn't the brakes still hold the car?
And if you set the brake first, how will the car be able to move so the pawl can slip into the gear ring? Thank you
if you put in park first the weight of the car will sit on the transmission gear, which will decimate the transmission given enough time
that's what I do, N -> apply PB -> foot-off-brake -> wait 1 sec -> P
Awesome!
Does it mess up your transmission if you don't do this?
It can.
@@AroundTheHome1 also, I noticed on the new cars, you have to be in park first with your foot on the brake and then engage the e-brake, if you don't park first, the e-brake will disengage once you put it to park.
Yes, some new cars are trying to correct the problem of people not knowing how to use the e-brake. Like I mention in this video Toyota automatically engages the e-brake every time you put it into park. And again in that situation, just keep your foot on the brake until the e-brake is fully engaged.
I keep my foot on the brake, put it in park, then engage my parking brake, while my foot is still on the brake. Either way, the weight is not resting on the transmission.
I read a comment on IG that said to do this and I looked it up to see if it was real
Does this wear your brakes ?
As long as you are not driving with the parking brake on, no. The parking brake does not wear out with proper use.
@Around The Home how do you properly take off? In reverse?
should I let off the brake pedal gently after putting my car in park?
Never hurts
@@AroundTheHome1 meaning gently oooor?
Yep, I like to ease off the brake no matter what. If I am on flat ground and have no parking brake, or if I am on a hill and have the parking brake on. Dropping the brake is a bad habit in my opinion.
For clarification, are the steps:
Press down on brakes -> shift to neutral -> slowly ease off brakes -> press breaks -> shift to park
Thanks for the help!
You missed a step. And this is for cars that you have to press a lever or button to activate the brake. Stop the vehicle, keep foot on brake -> shift to neutral -> set parking brake -> ease off brakes -> shift to park.
Living in Florida no one uses the parking break. Now in SF it’s always in use
That's true
Well sht now I'm more scared to use it now 😅😅😅
Why is that?
@@AroundTheHome1 messing up the steps and messing up my transmission lol.
It's a pretty easy thing with just a bit of practice. Is there any part of this that you didn't understand?
@@AroundTheHome1 no I just have anxiety over everything lol
We're not going to make it, are we?
Well, some of us will....
I cringe so much when people parked inclined without the ebrake
Me too
Thought this was common sense lol
Only to those who were taught how the brakes / car works. To those who were just taught this pedal makes you go faster, and this one slows you down were never taught anything about this.