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Auto parking brake? (Newb)
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Sorry for newb question. Picked up 2020 rx350 today and was playing with the parking brake at dealership. I am 99% sure I disengaged before leaving but the brakes smelled like the parking brake was still on. Then when I parked I saw the e brake back on. Was the smell from new brakes being broken in?? Or did I somehow override the auto ebrake?
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The auto brake re-applies after you go to Park if it's on auto. Probably just new car smells. If the brake is on (set manually) you get a warning and my experience is the car won't move.
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I leave the AUTO setting disabled. I only engage the parking brake on a hill.
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Originally Posted by mikemu30
I leave the AUTO setting disabled. I only engage the parking brake on a hill.
how do you disable it?
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Push down on the parking brake button until the auto turns off- takes 5 seconds or so.
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Originally Posted by DKeezer
Sorry for newb question. Picked up 2020 rx350 today and was playing with the parking brake at dealership. I am 99% sure I disengaged before leaving but the brakes smelled like the parking brake was still on. Then when I parked I saw the e brake back on. Was the smell from new brakes being broken in?? Or did I somehow override the auto ebrake?
My 2020 had the same smell. It isn�t the new car smell but rather it smells like something in the engine that needs to burn off. Goes away after a day of driving.
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Originally Posted by Rpickoff
My 2020 had the same smell. It isn�t the new car smell but rather it smells like something in the engine that needs to burn off. Goes away after a day of driving.
Happens with most new cars and goes away after a hundred miles or so.
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Thanks for the replies!