Parking Brake - Lotus ELISE 2007 Owner's Handbook Manual

PARKING BRAKE LEVER

Parking Brake

The parking brake, which operates on only the rear wheels
is applied by a hand lever mounted between the seats. A red
tell tale icon in the instrument cluster warns of parking brake
application (see 'Tell Tale Lamps').
The brake should be applied by pulling up the lever with high
effort, and engaging the highest ratchet setting attainable. When
parking the car on a slope take the additional precaution of leav
ing the transmission in first (facing downhill) or reverse (facing
uphill) gear and steering the wheels towards the kerb.
WARNING:
If the parking brake is applied when the brakes are hot
(e.g. after prolonged or frequent hard use), special care
should be taken to ensure that the parking brake is securely
engaged in order to allow for any potential brake force re
duction as the discs cool. Failure to do so may result in the
car rolling away and causing an accident in which you or
others may be killed or seriously injured.
To release the brake, pull up the lever, press and hold the
release button in the end of the handgrip, and lower the lever
fully. Before driving off, always check that the parking brake has
been fully released, as confirmed by the tell tale icon being turned
off, or damage to the brake system may be caused.
Note that the parking brake uses a cable mechanism to
apply the rear brake calipers, and is totally independent of the
footbrake hydraulic circuit.
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