Does anyone know why my emergency parking brake turns on while I'm sitting still in neutral and then go to drive and the parking brake activates. I just went through a car wash and at the end I placed my CX-50 into drive and the EPB activated. Barely avoided being rear-ended in a car wash. Or better yet, how do I stop it from activating itself?
EPB turning itself on?
- Thread starter bcnemo1@aol.
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Thanks for the quick response. I only have this CX-50 for about 8 weeks now and I don't even know what the auto hold does. (I'm 73 years old and a dinosaur) I'll probably never turn it on. I don't need it so I don't use it. (don't know how). Thanks again for your trying to help me.
BCNemo1
leeharvey418
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- 2019 CX-5 Signature; 2025 CX-90 T S PP
If you have your foot on the brake pedal, pressing the auto hold will keep the brakes applied even after letting up on the pedal, until you press the accelerator. Once it's on it will stay on until you either shut the ignition off or press the brake and then hit the button again. It's very useful when taking off from a stop on a steep grade.
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- 2020 CX-5 GT AWD
On the centre console, close to your seat, left of the centre knob, you should see the parking brake button and right behind it you will find the Auto Hold button. I suggest to stop by the dealership one day and ask them to demonstrate how it works.
Auto Hold does not work with the seat belt off. You must buckle up. Once your seat belt is on, you put your car in Drive, you can press Auto Hold. Driving with Auto Hold activated helps when stopping at a stop light, for example: you come to a complete stop at the red light, press the brake once and Auto Hold will keep the pedal brake pressed for you, instead of you holding it down with your foot. When the green light comes on, you just press the acceleration and the Auto Hold will disengage the brakes. If you drive through a carwash, remember to deactivate the Auto Hold. Why? Because at the carwash you put the car in Neutral and at that point the Auto Hold will automatically engage the brakes!
