The panic trickled from my eyeballs to my toes when I answered my dad’s phone call at 1 a.m. on that Saturday night. I was one beer deep into my roommate’s 21st birthday celebration at a bar in Mizzou ...

The electronic parking brake, or EPB, switch in a 2023 Ford F-150 pickup. Every vehicle on the road is equipped with a parking brake, a hand brake, an e-brake, or an emergency brake. Regardless of the ...

What had been a routine brake pad swap on a 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N can now cost as much as a used car and not because of the parts. The real barrier to repair is software. Owners have found that ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

The parking brake, often referred to as the emergency brake, is critical for keeping a vehicle stationary when parked, especially on an inclined surface. Fewer cars have manual transmissions these ...

Modern vehicles tend to come equipped with more technologically advanced safety features than some owners are even aware of. While many of those systems can be pricey to repair when they malfunction, ...

One theory surrounding the second set of rear brake calipers on the mid-engine Corvette is that the second caliper will enable higher-performance braking. The benefits of having two sets of calipers ...

Leaving a car parked for weeks at a time quietly tests every weak link in its mechanical system, and the parking brake is one of the most vulnerable. When a vehicle sits in one spot for a long ...

Riding on an all-new T1 platform, Chevy's 2019 Silverado introduces many new features for the nameplate, one of which is an electronic, push-button parking brake. This makes the all-new model the ...