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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 04:37 PM
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Emergency brake question

I heard that if you start driving with the emergency brake on you get a warning sound. I put my car in reverse and just started moving before I realized that I had the emergency brake on and I diidn't hear anything.
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by nicholasG
I heard that if you start driving with the emergency brake on you get a warning sound. I put my car in reverse and just started moving before I realized that I had the emergency brake on and I diidn't hear anything.
Where did you "hear" this.....did you perhaps read it, like, in the owners manual? I have no idea, but then again, have never put a car in motion with the parking brake on, so, I have no idea....just sayin'
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 06:38 PM
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Where did you "hear" this.....did you perhaps read it, like, in the owners manual? I have no idea, but then again, have never put a car in motion with the parking brake on, so, I have no idea....just sayin'
I remember watching a review on YouTube before I bought the car where the guy mentioned this. I looked through the PDF manual and didn't find anything. That's why the question.
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 07:34 PM
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mine beeps
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 08:03 PM
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You will get an audio warning if you drive with the parking brake on.
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 08:22 PM
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What's the gap between starting to move, and the audio warning?
I've never heard it.
But the few times I've started to go, and noticed the Emergency Brake was on, I almost immediately release it.
So I suppose it could have a warning signal but I've always caught myself before it sounde
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 08:31 PM
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it takes a second or two to kick in ... if you want to hear what it sounds like, hold down the button and raise the handle slightly, it doesn't take much.
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 08:53 PM
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It will beep, but it's very faint.
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 10:47 PM
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Hand brake turn in the snow and it will come on
 
Old Jul 26, 2018 | 11:22 PM
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I put my car in reverse and just started moving before I realized that I had the emergency brake on and I diidn't hear anything.
Your arm is too weak to apply the brake correctly??? If you lifted up the parking brake handle when you parked the car but you can still move the car, you have a much bigger problem than worrying about the warning sounds.




Ok. Real answer: I think you have to go above a certain speed before the warning beeper starts talking to you. On my Civic it's something like around 4 MPH.
FWIW I lift my handbrake just one click before I turn the key on so the DRLs don't turn on in my garage and driveway. Once I'm on the road I put the parking brake handle all the way down.
 
Old Jul 27, 2018 | 04:26 PM
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My 2015 Fit would talk "Please release the parking brake".

It was the same voice that would say "please fasten driver seat belt" if I pulled out of my garage unbuckled.
 
Old Jul 27, 2018 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bach
it takes a second or two to kick in ... if you want to hear what it sounds like, hold down the button and raise the handle slightly, it doesn't take much.
I'll have to try this test.
I know I have on very rare occasion just started to move and noticed my parking brake was on, but I notice because of the feel of the vehicle. Maybe in those incidences I was releasing the brake fast enough to stop the alarm?
Because I don't remember getting any warning beep. But it is possible it was drowned out by the radio, outside noise, or so quick and subtle I didn't notice it.
 
Old Jul 28, 2018 | 06:25 AM
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yah just gently pull up while moving forward to test. it should beep.

Originally Posted by andre181
My 2015 Fit would talk "Please release the parking brake".

It was the same voice that would say "please fasten driver seat belt" if I pulled out of my garage unbuckled.
i think dat was maybe ur mom? lol
 
Old Jul 28, 2018 | 07:52 AM
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Hmm, strange. I only hear that noise on the sharper corners... 😂
 
Old Jul 28, 2018 | 04:40 PM
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I used to drive with the parking brake on (former car) all the time. I did not know how else to disable the daytime running lights. Luckily no warning lights.
 
Old Jul 28, 2018 | 07:07 PM
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I used to drive with the parking brake on (former car) all the time. I did not know how else to disable the daytime running lights. Luckily no warning lights.
Now I get it.
Surely you jest.
Like all the time.
Right?
 
Old Jul 29, 2018 | 09:15 AM
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Well, I tried the test. I heard nothing.
 
Old Jul 29, 2018 | 10:29 AM
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Now I get it.
Surely you jest.
Like all the time.
Right?
There's a bit of truth to everything I say. After my sister gave me said vehicle (she crashed it first on a hwy ramp), i fixed it and the parking brake needed some serious adjustment... so the first inch or so was practically slack, doing nothing, so after discovering that it disables drl, I felt like I won the jackpot and left it as is.
 
Old Jul 29, 2018 | 01:37 PM
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Well, I tried the test. I heard nothing.
ur car is broken or didnt come with it..? odd
 
Old Jul 29, 2018 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
yah just gently pull up while moving forward to test. it should beep.



i think dat was maybe ur mom? lol
Definitely not. My mom is not that nice lol

If I remember correctly, there was a setting on the HU to turn it on or off. I have no idea what it was called. Maybe Voice Reminder or something. But it turned on/off the spoken seat belt and e brake alerts.
 



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