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Looks like our CX-3 is going to pay it's first visit to the dealer for warranty work. Our driveway has an incline so when we park the car and use the handbrake it is not holding the car the way it should.
I also find that when the parking brake is released the handle has quite a bit of slop in it. You can kinda move it up like almost an inch or so before you feel the resistance from the cables pulling on the calipers to activate the brake.
So it's going in for a check. I believe there should be an adjustment to remove the slack so there is a lot less play on the handle before the cables start to activate the rear calipers to hold the car.
In comparsion my other cars have a lot less play on their parking brake handles and usually only need 3-4 clicks of the handle for the parking brake. The CX-3 right now is like 6-7 clicks.
Hopefully they can do the adjustment and the brake will work better than now. Update to follow.
Tony
I also find that when the parking brake is released the handle has quite a bit of slop in it. You can kinda move it up like almost an inch or so before you feel the resistance from the cables pulling on the calipers to activate the brake.
So it's going in for a check. I believe there should be an adjustment to remove the slack so there is a lot less play on the handle before the cables start to activate the rear calipers to hold the car.
In comparsion my other cars have a lot less play on their parking brake handles and usually only need 3-4 clicks of the handle for the parking brake. The CX-3 right now is like 6-7 clicks.
Hopefully they can do the adjustment and the brake will work better than now. Update to follow.
Tony