Parking Brake???????

[eljones247]

Originally Posted by McCann

I have a 2002 XL and it is still holding...who knows for how long.

Can you take the truck to the dealer park it on a hill, ask the warranty department to stand with his/her foot in front of the tire a, set the park brake without being in park and see what happens?

This is the BEST!! LOL

[debrathomas]

Originally Posted by attackdog

Hello all. I have a 2001 Yukon and tested the parking brake the other day and it did not work. It seems like it was very easy to push to the floor. Any suggestions on how to adjust or fix the problem? Thanks.

hate to tell everybody but, there is a tsb re: emergency parking brakes on the yukon xl 2001. the problem is a clip in the emergency brakes that holds the pads up from rotars. it can break, letting the pads fall onto the rotars. there is basically no way other than inspecting the emergency brake pads themselves to know whether this has happened or not. ours was shredded!! vehicle was in extended warranty but was able to get dealer to repair/replace at no charge--told them problem referred to tsb. live in OK not alot of need for emegency brakes on flat terrain.

good luck

[crash_tx101]

Add me to the list. I have a 2000 Yukon and failed inspection today due to the E brake problem. I have heard that if I'm lucky it just needs to be tightened, but probably will have to have more expensive work done. I had no idea this was such a prevalent problem on all GM trucks and SUVs.

[crash_tx101]

It looks like GM is recalling at least some of the vehciles with the parking brake problem. But only trucks with manual transmission.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._gm_recalls_dc

I just spent $400 to get my 2000Yukon fixed to pass inspection.

[mitchss]

Hey folks. Anyone ever come up with any new info on this parking break problem? I just took in my 01 Yukon XL in for the state inspection (TX) and was suprised to learn it didn't pass due to the parking break. I had no idea. The shop said it is extremely common on Chevy/GMC's and is due to the parking break pads wearing whether you use the brake or not. They say there was no recall on this, but there is a clip to remedy the problem from occuring. Thanks for the heads up GM! Has anyone fixed this themselves. Anyone have instructions? Would a Haynes manual tell me what I need to know? Gotta get this thing inspected soon. Thanks for the help.

[redcar]

have an 01 Yukon XL and have failed 2 NYS Inspections because of the parking brake problem not only is this a major pain in the butt, it is a safety issue, if GM is fixing PB problems of standard transmission vehicles than it is a safety issue that should be addressed on all GM vehicles, what must we do a class action lawsuit?