Recently, while moving slowly in a multi-level parking garage, I tried using the hand brake....as I used to with manual transmissions in slippery conditions.....anyway....with just slight upward movement....WHAM!!!!!....... Ya think that has something to do with the BAS or Stability Control or traction Control ????? I'll never do that again!!

 

I don't think the sudden stop was due to any of the braking electronics. The hand break (emergency brake) is cable operated and can engage very suddenly on most cars.

 

i do not remember which response it is but the car applies brakes automatically under certain condition.

 

First, do not use the hand brake on your Crossfire, to help in slippery conditions. Your traction control will do that for you.

Secondly, the hand brake system on the Crossfire is not designed to be an E brake. It is a parking brake and is not designed for use as a driving tool.

Your engagement of the E brake while the car is moving will engage the traction control brake system and set off an alarm if the TC is on. It will still set off the alarm if the TC is off.

Again, this is not your father's Oldsmobile. Pulling the E brake while rolling will set send a message to the computer and it will set of the TC system .

If you are stuck in snow, or wet leaves as I was at the Dragon last April, and try to power your way out, the brakes will engage on your manual and you will simply burn them up. To power out you must disengage the TC system and use the hand brake. But, this is silly as the TC will do this for you and much better than you can.

Just shift up and keep the rpms low, feathering the clutch.

So, there you go.


roadster with a stick

 

I was only moving 3-5 mph....going downhill in that parking lot.....it was a LOUD ABRUPT BANG! I was just exploring it's engagement in case I ever wanted to use it on ice like I have used the E-brake on previous stick cars.....

 

The park brake makes use of a seperate set of brake shoes which engage the inside portion of the rear hub assy. What more than likely happened is that the inside surface of the hub was rusty and when you engaged the parking brake the shoes simply grabbed on to the rust and WHAM !