NEW YORK -- Toyota is recalling 340,000 of its Prius cars due to a problem with its parking brake that can cause accidents. The cars are the 2016 and 2017 models. The problem can cause the parking ...

NEW YORK — Toyota is recalling 340,000 of its Prius cars due to a problem with its parking brake that can cause accidents. The cars are the 2016 and 2017 models. The problem can cause the parking ...

Electronic parking brakes have quietly become one of the most common features in modern cars, including the best electric vehicles, replacing the familiar handbrake lever with a small button tucked ...

Is it possible to drive with a parking brake on? I was driving, and then all of a sudden my brakes failed (I was going about 50 mph). I swerved off the road and went into a ditch. If I had ...

General Motors [NYSE: GM] has issued two safety-related recalls for its 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The two recalls affect about 900 cars in all, with a driver’s side airbag separation issue ...

The manual parking brake is going the way of hand-cranked windows, ashtrays, and using a key to start a car—replaced by a small switch you can activate with just the tip of your finger. But is an ...

ENDWELL, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What happens when a parking brake fails unexpectedly, and how can drivers ...

Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly. The recall covers certain pickups from the 2021 through 2023 ...

Brake bedding sounds like a niche track-day ritual, but it is one of the simplest ways to make everyday stopping safer, quieter and more consistent. Done correctly, it lets new pads and rotors work as ...

The panic trickled from my eyeballs to my toes when I answered my dad’s phone call at 1 a.m. on that Saturday night. I was one beer deep into my roommate’s 21st birthday celebration at a bar in Mizzou ...

Brakes remain the No. 1 culprit for out-of-service violations for Class 8 trucks, and preventive maintenance on the pneumatic system is vital to avoid violations and downtime, industry experts said.