E-brake applied itself while driving highway speed

[03ozwhip]

So while I was driving home today, my civic out of nowhere just felt like the e-brake was pulled. Saw the light come on briefly, then it stared to drive again. Scared the shit out of me.

While this happened, my stereo also cut out for that quick second. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? If so, is it e-brake related or is it electronic related due to the stereo thing?

[A790]

What's your ride?

[mr2mike]

If car has mechanical e-brake then it's electrical issue. Vehicle year?
Most likely condensation in circuit, or ground issue or something else going on.
Felt like e-brake because car lost power, not actual braking.

Had my AT check light come on for a bit then go off the other day.
But at 300K on my odo, it's a day in my life for gremlins.

[Disoblige]

You should check to see if your battery terminals are snug and free of corrosion.
Could be loose ground wire or some sort of grounding issue as well.

[adam c]

My Mazda displays the ebrake light if the brake fluid is low

[BokCh0y]

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My Mazda displays the ebrake light if the brake fluid is low

Same thing on the various Toyota's I've owned.

[03ozwhip]

Sorry I thought I mentioned it. Its a 2002 civic SiR. I feel like it's a mechanical e-brake. @Disoblige that's something I was thinking as well, something like that is possible I think.

[revelations]

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So while I was driving home today, my civic out of nowhere just felt like the e-brake was pulled. Saw the light come on briefly, then it stared to drive again. Scared the shit out of me.

While this happened, my stereo also cut out for that quick second. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? If so, is it e-brake related or is it electronic related due to the stereo thing?

Are you talking about the EP3 hatch? The rear discs have a mechanical ebrake caliper clamping used with the cable operated handle. There is no relation to the ebrake and the stereo that way.

[03ozwhip]

Checked the terminal. It was caked full of shit. Attempted to clean it and take it off....ripped the whole terminal ring in half. Awesome.

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Are you talking about the EP3 hatch? The rear discs have a mechanical ebrake caliper clamping used with the cable operated handle. There is no relation to the ebrake and the stereo that way.

Ya the hatch.That's what I mean I know it's mechanical so something else is wierd.

[reijo]

Yeah, my old Toyota T100 has the "check engine" light on. I've checked it but it's still there. So I ignore the light.

[ercchry]

Had an old taurus that use to cut power mid corner every now and then... nothing more ass puckering than losing power steering and brakes driving at 8/10th mid sweeper

But that felt nothing like an ebrake being pulled

[03ozwhip]

Soooo, no one has had this issue? To top it off since I broke the clamp I kinda taped it all back on as best I could because I couldn't do anything else at the time.....ya it didn't start. No power lol FML.

[Disoblige]

Lol. Well at least you may have found the problem.

[jltabot]

sounds like power loss to me, nothing e-brake related (I don't think anyways). The ebrake light in my dash comes on every now and then but its because its SLIGHTLY bumped up by something like a bag or a strap that got caught on the handle sitting in my passenger seat.

[mr2mike]

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Soooo, no one has had this issue? To top it off since I broke the clamp I kinda taped it all back on as best I could because I couldn't do anything else at the time.....ya it didn't start. No power lol FML.

Yeah I wouldn't do that. You risk arc'ing and at minimum a battery post melted into the battery.

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So while I was driving home today, my civic out of nowhere just felt like the e-brake was pulled. Saw the light come on briefly, then it stared to drive again. Scared the shit out of me.

While this happened, my stereo also cut out for that quick second. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? If so, is it e-brake related or is it electronic related due to the stereo thing?

Please clarify, you saw the RED BRAKE light come on when this all happened? (and not the yellow CHECK ENGINE light on the lower left side of the dash)

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Soooo, no one has had this issue? To top it off since I broke the clamp I kinda taped it all back on as best I could because I couldn't do anything else at the time.....ya it didn't start. No power lol FML.

A new clamp from Princess Auto or CT should not be too hard to install - even in this weather. The battery is in a perfect spot too, to collect dust and dirt from the road.

[03ozwhip]

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Please clarify, you saw the RED BRAKE light come on when this all happened? (and not the yellow CHECK ENGINE light on the lower left side of the dash)

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A new clamp from Princess Auto or CT should not be too hard to install - even in this weather. The battery is in a perfect spot too, to collect dust and dirt from the road.

NO it was the e-brake light. The CEL is permanently on due to o2 sensors lol

So I clamped the bad connector back on to test it out and it still had no power. Replaced it with a new clamp and it started right up.

We will see if this issue happens again, but it very well could have been this bad battery clamp.

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Yeah I wouldn't do that. You risk arc'ing and at minimum a battery post melted into the battery.

Oh I wouldn't drive like that, just a test. Even with vise grips it still didn't start.