Lessons Learned the Hard Way About Parking Brake Failure offers practical guidance for car owners who want to reduce risk and ...

In my 50 years of experience as an ASE and General Motors master technician and automotive technology instructor, I’ve found that the parking brake (aka, emergency or hand brakes) is rarely discussed, ...

Having driven 5-spd manuals all my life, I've always engaged the parking brake when I park it. I just got the wife a new automatic Mazda Tribute. When we took it in for a minor service problem (less ...

perhaps the worst potential nightmare for drivers — and one that's straight out of an action movie — is experiencing brake failure while driving on the highway. Proper braking depends on several ...

Automatic transmission, live on the flatlands. The only time I've ever set the hand brake was when visiting someplace where I had to park on a hilly street. Not just some Fords, but a whole sht*load ...