Parking Your Vehicle; Parking Brake - Subaru 2004 Forester Owner's Manual

operating properly, do not drive the vehicle.
Have your vehicle towed to the nearest
SUBARU dealer for repair.

Parking your vehicle

Parking brake

To set the parking brake, press the brake pedal firmly
and hold it down while fully pulling up the parking
brake lever.
To release the parking brake, pull the lever up slightly,
press the release button, then lower the lever while
keeping the button pressed.
When the parking brake is set while the engine is run-
ning, the parking brake warning light comes on. After
starting the vehicle, be sure that the warning light has
gone out before the vehicle is driven. Refer to the
Starting and operating
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