Electric Park Brake - Jeep 2014 Cherokee User Manual

OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE

ELECTRIC PARK BRAKE

• Your vehicle is equipped with a new
Electric Park Brake System (EPB) that
offers greater convenience.
• The parking brake switch is located in
the center console.
• To apply the park brake manually, pull
up on the switch momentarily. The
BRAKE warning lamp in the instru-
ment cluster and an indicator on the
switch will illuminate.
• To release the park brake manually,
the ignition switch must be in RUN.
Then put your foot on the brake pedal
and push the park brake switch down
momentarily. Once the park brake is
fully disengaged, the BRAKE warning
lamp and the switch indicator will extinguish.
• The park brake can also be automatically released. With the engine running and
the transmission in gear, release the brake pedal and depress the throttle pedal.
For safety reasons, your seatbelt must also be fastened.
• The new Auto Park Brake feature can be used to apply the park brake automati-
cally every time you park the vehicle. Auto Park Brake can be enabled and disabled
in the Setting menu in UConnect
• Safehold is a new feature that will automatically apply the park brake under
certain conditions. The EPB monitors the status of the driver's seat belt, driver's
door and pedal positions to determine that you may have exited while the vehicle
is still capable of moving, and will then automatically apply the park brake to
prevent the vehicle from rolling.
• Refer to the Starting and Operating section of your vehicle's Owner's Manual for
further details.
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