NEW YORK -- Toyota is recalling 340,000 of its Prius cars due to a problem with its parking brake that can cause accidents. The cars are the 2016 and 2017 models. The problem can cause the parking ...

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

Is it possible to drive with a parking brake on? I was driving, and then all of a sudden my brakes failed (I was going about 50 mph). I swerved off the road and went into a ditch. If I had ...

Electronic parking brakes have quietly become one of the most common features in modern cars, including the best electric vehicles, replacing the familiar handbrake lever with a small button tucked ...

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 870,000 newer models of its popular F-150 truck because the electronic parking brakes can randomly activate, leading to an increased risk of a ...

General Motors [NYSE: GM] has issued two safety-related recalls for its 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The two recalls affect about 900 cars in all, with a driver’s side airbag separation issue ...

The manual parking brake is going the way of hand-cranked windows, ashtrays, and using a key to start a car—replaced by a small switch you can activate with just the tip of your finger. But is an ...

So I just moved into a new place, and the manager has me parked in the front of the house, that is on an incline (for the next three months, for now - I may or may not continue doing that for the rest ...

The name is somewhat self-explanatory, but the parking brake keeps your vehicle from moving while it's parked. There are two main kinds of parking brakes: lever-operated and electronic. Both are ...

The panic trickled from my eyeballs to my toes when I answered my dad’s phone call at 1 a.m. on that Saturday night. I was one beer deep into my roommate’s 21st birthday celebration at a bar in Mizzou ...

Chances are that unless you’re parking on a hill (which is definitely a possibility here in Clermont), you don’t use your parking brake much. Not many people do, and not many people realize that this ...