Set the parking brake firmly. If vehicle is
equipped with an “automatic parking brake
release” type, that releases itself when gear
selector is placed in a position other than
park or neutral, omit paragraph 1 of this
subdivision and inspect all other points of the
parking brake.
Reject if:
Parking or holding brake will not hold the
vehicle stationary with engine running at a
slightly accelerated speed with shift lever in
drive position for automatic transmission or
shift lever in low gear while engaging the
clutch on a standard transmission.
when I went to school at potter road the teacher was about to fail my SHO for the quoted reason untill one of the students pointed out that when he gave it gas he drug both the rear wheels about 5 ft. made me lol and I got my sticker.
now now… that was a terrible bunch of slander on the part of 60 minutes, i’ll debate that all day long. they screwed with those “test cars” and over adjusted the throttle cables and messed up the transmissions to get them to behave like they did on the special. every single incident with “unintentional acceleration” that was confirmed was a female driver, who just purchased the vehicle and came out of a GM vehicle. not unlike the jeep cherokee pedal placement fiasco.
I remember when I had the Camaro inspected last Spring (the guy said he wasnt good at driving a standard so I didn’t let him drive it)
Anyways, he wanted me to rev it up high with the e-brake and I strongly disagreed with him, put it in first let off on the clutch and everything turned out okay.
Did you pay for a nysi at erin and bills? you should of took it back as they can only re inspect the wheel bearing and bushings. I also do not believe a wheel bearing fails unless it is falling off. Stop going to amature shops.`
Take it somewhere else, they are just being a dick to you. As a matter of fact, take it to Northtown Subaru tomorrow, ask for Mike. As long as it holds in drive, I’ll pass it.
Response (Technical Services) - 12/30/2008 12:36 PM
Dear customer, Parking Brake is required to hold vehicle. Simple check would be to apply parking brake and raise vehicle and check to see both wheels are holding. Another way would be to apply parking brake and put vehicle in gear and if it holds vehicle that would be fine. If it were a standard transmission then the brake should be applied and vehicle put in first gear and while releasing clutch vehicle should hold. there would be no need to apply gas while releasing clutch. Parking brake is only designed to hold a vehicle. Most are not designed to stop a vehicle while it is moving. Mark
