pull over to the right side, down shift and look for the safest escape route.
Downshift, apply e-brake and look for the safest path to avoid injury. Most parking brakes these days are just that, "parking brake" so don't expect much when you apply them.
It if false that is the service brakes fail to apply the parking brake in one motion. It should pumped.
Yes, the parking brakes can be used to stop the vehicle in emergency. But remember that, in most of the vehicles parking brakes apply only to one pair of wheels, so if the vehicle is in high speed, one has to apply them carefully and save the vehicle from skidding.
It is one because there is a problem with the ABS (automatic braking system). You need to have it checked. The brakes could possibly fail without warning.
You may use one fore home securrity. There are also types of baracades to keep your car from moving if the brakes fail.
first off are they disk brakes, (like the front one)? or drum brakes?
Yes, if you get high after the first test!
First you must lift the car using a jack or lift. Then remove the wheel. The brakes is behind it and is held on with nuts and bolts. Remove these and simply put a new brake one.
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go to a mechanic with the antilock break computer. but you will find they want to replace the ABS computer then they will find the actual problem that plagues all intergue's the screw jacks on the actuator motors fail. some have actuall caused the back brakes to stop functioning. replace the actuator first, used or new. just make sure the used one did not come from a car hit in the front(bad brakes!) then bleed the master cylinder and brakes. be careful this could result in brake failure.
It could be a few things. it could be your alignment is off or you might have a bad bushing on one of your control arms. I hope this will help.