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Driving your vehicle Brake system
Parking Brake Use
䳜 Never allow a passenger to touch
the parking brake. If the parking
brake is released unintentionally,
serious injury may occur.
䳜 All vehicles should always have
the parking brake fully engaged
when parked to avoid inadvertent
movement of the vehicles which
can injure occupants or pedestri
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ans.
䳜 A click or electric brake motor
whine sound may be heard whilst
operating or releasing the EPB.
These conditions are normal and
indicate that the EPB is function
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ing properly.
䳜 When leaving your keys with a
parking lot attendant or valet,
make sure to inform him/her how
to operate the EPB.
䳜 The EPB may malfunction if you
drive with the EPB applied.
䳜 When you automatically release
EPB by pressing the accelerator
pedal, press it slowly.
When the conversion from Auto
Hold to EPB is not working properly
a warning will sound and a message
will appear.
Engage the brake pedal when the
above message appears for the
Auto Hold and EPB may not acti
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vate.
If the EPB is applied whilst Auto Hold
is activated because of an Electronic
Stability Control (ESC) signal, a
warning will sound and a message
will appear.
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