was it engaged? owners manual does say to not engage the EPB when it’s cold cold outside. must be freezing cold where you live for that to happen. turn off the automatic EPS during the cold

 

I never turn mine off, and I've driven through plenty of snow/ice.

 

No. Back with cable operated parking brake, moisture can get into the lines and freeze the line to the case (it's not sealed very well).

 

No. I turned off the automatic parking brake in January, and I haven't used the parking brake once since then. The malfunction light came on yesterday.

 

 

Ok, that's good to know. I have the brake turned off, like I said.

Someone at work said that she had the same light come on intermittently on her late model Acura, during the same period.

I guess I should have formatted the question as, "Is it common for the light to come on during cold snaps?"

We had a relatively mild winter, and I would drive the old car during the worst weather. I'm not risking my new car.

I have the fancy Toyotacare plan. I believe I get a loaner car if the car's out of action more than a day, although the old one is working.

 

That seems crazy. Never had that issue with cable parking brake in the winter. What if you're parked on an incline/decline? Supposed to let the vehicle rest against the small parking pawl in the transmission?

 

Would the cable parking brake system have any feedback method to be able to alert you? Honestly, I've almost never used parking brakes in the past because the cables got rusty and they hung up. I let my electric brake do its thing now though. Parking pawls are pretty good, but the problem is without the parking brake on you really only need one wheel to slip for the vehicle to move. With the brake on you need three.

 

There was a good outcome. False alarm; it was low tire, not the parking brake, although that looks pretty much like the symbol and that's where the owner's manual said the light was located.

My Buick had 'Low Tire", this is just a circle with an !.

The car is back. They picked it up and brought it back, and all I had to do was stay in the house.

 

There was a good outcome. False alarm; it was low tire, not the parking brake, although that looks pretty much like the symbol and that's where the owner's manual said the light was located.

My Buick had 'Low Tire", this is just a circle with an !.

The car is back. They picked it up and brought it back, and all I had to do was stay in the house.

Don't you hate it when it's something simple? Nice to know it's not a problem though.