Stuck park brake

Daddio09 · April 15, 2020

I parked my 2016 on my inclined driveway with the park brake on. When I tried releasing the brake it wouldn’t release, the pedal just went all the way to the floor. Now it’s stuck there. I tried shifting from reverse to drive multiple times but it’s still stuck. Is there a way to manually release the brake?

HeySkippyDog · April 17, 2020

It's a push-on, push-off pedal. Just lightly push it, it should disengage.

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Ozer · April 17, 2020

What year?

When i did my brakes on my 2014 the parking brake and all its parts were rusted to hell, and mine was also stuck.

If you dont use it, it gets rusty. You most likely broke a part/cable within the system. You can ride it till you have no shoes left or take off the wheels and get into the mechanics of the brake, you may see the issue.

Good time to replace it all if you go that route.

Daddio09 · April 17, 2020

2016 Silverado. I was able to get it unstuck. I had to remove the Weathertech floor mat which allowed me to push the pedal all the way to the floor. After a few tries I was able to get it to disengage. I won’t use the park brake on incline again!

davester · April 17, 2020

So, you aren't going to fix the problem?

CamGTP · April 17, 2020

I use my park brake about 98% of the time, no matter where I park. It's a habit.

RAG1 · April 18

Thanks for the posts. The Weather tech floormat wasn’t the issue for us but when you said you’re not gonna park on an incline anymore, I realized the truck was pushed up against the curb, keeping pressure against everything. I had the neighbor pull his ‘17 off the curb a little and smash the pedal a couple times and it released.

RAG1 · April 18

I suppose, the act of violently smashing and releasing the E brake a couple times is going to inevitably rock the truck a little. That might be what the whole issue is. The springs aren’t strong enough to work on their own without a little give from the rocking? I was wondering why so many posts talk about rocking the vehicle to release the e break. But there may actually be something to it. But man, if you’re sitting on an incline, what can you really do?
The best way to move a vehicle is by literally putting hands on the tire and rolling it versus trying to push the deadweight of the entire vehicle from the hood or trunk. You go straight to the source. If you have another person around you could smash and release the pedal while it’s Rocking. On an incline, you may have to stand on the tire with a foot a little down each side to be able to rock back-and-forth.