Comment on Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f

• Zak@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s an electronic parking brake. Those are common now because a small switch takes up less interior space than a lever for a cable-actuated parking brake. The computer is involved in brake pad replacement to tell the parking brake motor to open to its widest position to accept new pads, and calibrate itself to their thickness.

  This requires a special adapter and software subscription rather than a button on the infotainment screen because Hyundai is engaging in rent-seeking and perhaps trying to direct business to its dealers.

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So if your brakes go out and you try to use the parking brake for a slow stop it won’t do anything anymore?

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    • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Correct, though the car in question here is electric and will almost certainly use the motors to slow the car to reuse that energy. The motors should be able to stop the car even if the hydraulic brakes fail, and probably more effectively than a mechanical parking brake.

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      apparently some do and some don’t. or they require a particular cheat code when pressing the button, idk.

      the point is, you can’t trust your parking brake to be an emergency brake anymore, you press a button and hope something happens

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    • Skysurfer@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Every vehicle I’ve had with an electric parking brake operated the same way. Hold the park button while moving and it starts clamping the parking brake down, let off the button and it starts to release. So you can basically PWM the parking brake in an emergency.

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Capitalism Progress!

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    • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you lose your brakes you can still pull the switch and it’ll apply the e-brake. If you are on the highway and don’t want to slam it on, you can turn on your hazards and coast to a safe place to apply it.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Guess I’ll add this to the list of reasons I’m keeping my current car until it falls apart.

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because OEMs have all decided that the mechanical one was insufficient…

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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Part of it is space savings or just making the interior more appealing.

      Never seen the third pedal on an American car/truck?

      Why have this huge space dedicated to the parking brake (hand lever) and gear shift.

      It’s not a “huge space” and the reason is because they’re significantly less expensive, more reliable, and easier to adjust and repair.

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      • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As terrible as the HVAC adjacent transmission is, at least there’s actual physical buttons & not a touch screen…

      It can still be enshittified further…

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