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Using the electronic parking could not be easier . And try to pull and hold the button ,and your car is securely parked . an indicator light on your car will reassures you the break is on.
First off, I'd make sure the car was in park with the engine off and try that but I assume you already tried with it both OFF and ON. On should never work unless your foot is already fully engaged on the break. as many cars will not allow you to release the parking break unless you foot is on the break, some will not even allow it when the engine is not running, even in park. If you are running and the foot is on the break. Try SLOWLY moving backwards or forwards to disengage it since you may have pulled it a bit too far and the cable was real tight, this is easier to do when that parking break is too loose to begin with, and once the car rolled it got even tighter but moving the vehicle in the opposite direction that it rolled may loosen it enough.
If all else fails, you or a mechanic may go under the vehicle and simply loosen the cable to disengage it and then re-tighten it. Even if you are able to loosen them yourself you may want a mechanic to tightening the parking brake since is common chore for mechanics and it should not cost that much to do since it literally take only a few minutes once on the lift.
If the parking break is your only problem. Try to grab hold of the cable or rod end that connected to the handle with a set of Pliers, or even better,Vice Grips and pull .
Underneath the break pedal there is a switch that has a button on it, when you press the brake pedal to move the car this button is pressed sending a signal to the shifter allowing it to disengage. If it is not making contact it will not disengage the shift lever. I have seen it many times that the clip that connects to the swich may have become disconnected some how. My bet is that the switch is out or busted might need to have it replaced not to hard to do. Now the reason that you are able to get it out of park by pressing the manuel port is because this is the same lock that the switch sends the signal to. There is no harm by doing this just some agravation on having to do this. Hope this helps
Try checking the fuse for the parking brake. If that doesn't work check the ground meaning you might have to remove the cover were the parking brake button is. If that's not it you have to have someone check the parking brake cable which is located behind the brake caliper in the rear of the vehicle. Sorry for the long novel just giving you the most common things before it drives you crazy. Hope it helps if anything just post again and ill b glad to help you again. Thanks good luck.
I would check to see if the lever is fully disengaged(pull up on it while pulling the release or push down if it is a hand brake lever while pushing the button) if it is fully disengaged then I would look into changing the switch or checking the ground to see if it is good buy cleaning the switch contacts.
They only activate when the car is in gear and the parking brake is disengaged. find the grounding wire off the parking brake lever and break the ground when brake is disengaged, you may also lose you parking brake warning light. Not sure if it's on a seperate circuit or not.
follow instructions in manual for SHIFTLOCK RELEASE
Turn off car.
Engage Parking Break
Take ignition key and put into shift lock release slot (near gear shift)
Push down on key and at same time MOVE gear shift to neutral.
Remove key, start car as normal and disengage parking break...
good to go.... mechanic can replace/repair if this is an ongoing issue: $85 I read somewhere...but heard it's not hard to do yourself for $35 someone else wrote.
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