Freezing Ebrake When Cold

[ViPER1313]

The e-brake on my car will freeze up and not release when it gets exceedingly cold outside or when there is an ice or snow storm. It seems as if the drivers side is the side that is not releasing. Where should I **** the cable / calipers so that this will not happen?

 

[Fourcats]

The cable needs to be removed from the drivers side caliper and lubed with WD40 inside the housing around cable. I recently did this and found the cable sounds like its fraying inside the housing So for now, I'm parking with the tranny in 1rst gear {like always} and not using the brake

 

[SHO_Driver]

Same problem. Last winter it was okay after I sprayed **** into the plastic shrouding covering the cable, from each rear wheel. Acting up again this week so I'll have to treat it some more.

 

[spazmoid]

ya i get the same thing sometimes and seeing its obviously when i'm leaving and i don't want the brakes to be dragging, i usually apply and release the parking brake a few times and then it usually will release fully. I need to use some more wd-40 too.

 

[Racer X]

Freezing cables means that there's water in the cable. No amount of WD-40 is going to keep that water from causing problems below 20 degrees.

I had this same problem last year and ended up replacing my cables, right and left.