Approximately 5 years ago, we had a repair work done to the brakes all around. The truck felt like it was hesitating - something holding it back - or the rear brakes had froze on to the disks (the smell was terrible - like burnt rubber. Just the other day, the same thing happened. We have been advised by a mechanic that the rear parking brake was left on (not disengaged). This is odd because we NEVER use the parking/emergency break. Is there possibly some other type of faulty part in the in this parking brake set up that would fail or become dislodged over time so that the parking brake would engage itself?
Jan 6, 2009 at 9:14 PM