can some one tell me how to tighten my e-brake? My car keeps rolling down my driveway. thanks.

 

its probably time for new rear pads or rotors.

 

Nah mine does the same thing and i have had to pads and rotors put on a few times and it still rolls. I had acura look at it and they said it was fine The said you just have to pull up really hard which kind of works but it still rolls. I can be driving down the road and pull it up and you can feel it slow the car down but not very much at all. Just make sure you leave the car in gear everywhere you go

 

There is a wire that goes back to the brakes. It is probably stretched out and you need to shorten it. Id just take it to a garage, it might cost you $20.

 

acura told me they tightened my e-brake down to like 6 clicks or sumtin. check how many times ur clicks.

 

Yes, you can adjust your e-brake, althought it still may be weak ....and it has nothing to do w/ your pads, I'm almost certain. We adjusted mine a few months ago while changing the rear pads. The e-brake I believe is a totally seperate device. I remember tightening a cylindrical "pad" to do so. Check a service manual to be 100% sure.

 

thanks guys, I will try to get a hold of a service manual.

 

Yea my feels the same way, it does not stop the car keeps rolling

 

I got mine to click 15 times, guess it definitely needs to be tightened some.

 

YOU NEED A GUY TO SPIN THE TIRES WHILE YOU TIGHTEN THE CABLES!

1. Jack the backend of your car up
2. pull the brake up one click
3. spin the back tires
4. tighten cables till back wheels lock

This si what we did to my boys accord.

I beleive the cables are located underneath the armrest.

But this is how your suppose to do it. we did this after talking to honda for an hour. Try it out

 

i was just wondering about the exact same thing. My ebrake sucks. I pull it as high up as it can go, and my car still rolls. Piece of crap...i'm gonna go check it out soon, WhiteWu, lemme know if and when you got that fixed....thanks

 

Hey guys, if you've ever taken your center armrest out you'll have seen the cables and where they attach to the e-brake cable. Just get your wrenches in there and do like he says, get the rear up and tighten away.

 

Just got mine fixed a couple days ago. They tightened the cables...but my rear left wheel brake wouldn't release!!! So i was driving around for a little bit with the left brake still clenched! It did not smell good. Took them about an hour to fix their mistake....now my e brake is as good as new...

 

this free under the warranty??? cause mines doin the same shit


MaCe

 

If you still are under warranty then I think Acura will fix it for free...my warranty was up 10k miles ago...so I paid $30 at a local shop to fix it. I could have easily done it myself....but the rear brake that wouldn't release came out to be a big problem....luckily, they didn't charge me any extra.