Auto Parking Brake Works Perfectly — Sometimes - 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Long-Term Road Test

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edited December 2015 in Jeep
imageAuto Parking Brake Works Perfectly — Sometimes - 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Long-Term Road Test

The 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk has an automatic parking brake feature that works as it should some of the time. We're not sure what's happening the rest of the time.

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  • jkavanaghjkavanagh Member Posts: 26
    The auto-brake-release function only works when going from P to D. It won't release it when going from P to R.
  • jelfalanjelfalan Member Posts: 14
    jkavanagh said:

    The auto-brake-release function only works when going from P to D. It won't release it when going from P to R.

    Ah. Now that you mention it, there were probably times when I backed into a stall, and the other times I nosed in (my garage for instance). Seems like oversight to me.
  • agentorangeagentorange Member Posts: 893
    Have we become so idle that we cannot operate the parking brake ourselves?
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited December 2015
    No, but I like the idea of a simple little button instead of a lever taking up floor or console space. Had one in a recent rental that worked well.
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