Parking brake auto-release

Jubilee said:

If you try to drive off with the parking brake engaged, it will auto-release itself. Was wondering if this is a known feature e.g. do any of you do this on a regular (daily) basis or do you always manually release the parking brake before shifting into D and driving off?

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Are looking for justification from other?. Jk

I manually realease it all the time. However, in reverse it never has released for me when pulling out of my garage, if by chance I forget to release it. So doing a manual release is a good habit to have since it wont let you go backwards anyways. There is my 2 cents.

SanCarlosJeff said:

So does my 2012 and I do it at least once a day.

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Interesting...when i do it in my 2016 volt the car rear feels like it lifts up and resists my slow acceleration out of my garage. Maybe if I hit the accelerator hard it will release..hold on let me check. I've done this dozens of times in the past but never had it release yet.

As for the OP, the manual says not to do what your suggesting as it will cause increased wear on the brake linings.