Shocking E-brake experience

[Arashi666]

Well as the title implies, I was infact shocked by the E-brake button on my Brother's Celica the other day........... I was just driving, I put it into 6th and my hand naturally rests on the E-brake, i touch the button, and my hand shoots off in pain, theres some serious current running through that thing........ Bro noticed it too so he put some E-tape over it............

Ideas on a cause of this mess, I say its Toyota's fault

[DogGod]

That Toyota seems to really hate you guys.

[Arashi666]

That Toyota seems to really hate you guys.

Yes, yes I see your point, that thing REALLY hates us...... thats why I like my Acura so much............... I dont know who to blame though, Him for driving the heck out of it, the previous owner for driving it like an idiot, or Toyota for making a bad car

[NooB1FieD]

That Toyota seems to really hate you guys.

Yes, yes I see your point, that thing REALLY hates us...... thats why I like my Acura so much............... I dont know who to blame though, Him for driving the heck out of it, the previous owner for driving it like an idiot, or Toyota for making a bad car

I think its a big melting pot of all those things. Except the toyota part.

[WRC]

toyota makes excellent cars they're number 1 in the industry when it comes to service&reliability. Than they have the lexus brand for people who want comfortable ride&reliability in one package

[Arashi666]

toyota makes excellent cars they're number 1 in the industry when it comes to service&reliability. Than they have the lexus brand for people who want comfortable ride&reliability in one package

to put it simply, hers Toyota in a nutshell:

Lexus: The creame of the crop, To take care of the richer people that want luxury and reliability (Im looking at You Porsche), featuring the latest and greatest from the guys back in Japan....... oh and lets not forget the additional POWER

Toyota: A good solid cheap car, For the economy minded and reliability based middle class/middle aged people looking for a good solid and reliable car without forking over the extra dough for a Honda, good features and reliability for the price

Scion: The CRAP of the line up, targeted at the younger generation of ricers morons, Ive driven the tC out of curiousity, their "Fast" car felt like I was accelerating in a tractor or something like that at WOT (Friggin 3 speed AT), I'll admit theyre cheap, but you get what you paid for


all in all, I have nothing against Toyota (I just like Honda better), I was just naming that as a possible option......... because even the best of um make mistakes sometimes :wink:

[RadarRick]

toyota makes excellent cars they're number 1 in the industry when it comes to service&reliability. Than they have the lexus brand for people who want comfortable ride&reliability in one package

to put it simply, hers Toyota in a nutshell:

Lexus: The creame of the crop, To take care of the richer people that want luxury and reliability (Im looking at You Porsche), featuring the latest and greatest from the guys back in Japan....... oh and lets not forget the additional POWER

Toyota: A good solid cheap car, For the economy minded and reliability based middle class/middle aged people looking for a good solid and reliable car without forking over the extra dough for a Honda, good features and reliability for the price

Scion: The CRAP of the line up, targeted at the younger generation of ricers morons, Ive driven the tC out of curiousity, their "Fast" car felt like I was accelerating in a tractor or something like that at WOT (Friggin 3 speed AT), I'll admit theyre cheap, but you get what you paid for


all in all, I have nothing against Toyota (I just like Honda better), I was just naming that as a possible option......... because even the best of um make mistakes sometimes :wink:

Hey guys, you have experienced crap until you drive a Holden, they are total s*** boxes
RR

[DogGod]

Holdens are basicaly Pontiacs right? The Holden Manaro V8 is almost the exact same car as the new Pontiac GTO, as far as I understand. Bringing back such an iconic car, just to have it look so bland was a HUGE mistake. Last I heard they are not making them anymore.

[kpatz]

Well as the title implies, I was infact shocked by the E-brake button on my Brother's Celica the other day........... I was just driving, I put it into 6th and my hand naturally rests on the E-brake, i touch the button, and my hand shoots off in pain, theres some serious current running through that thing........ Bro noticed it too so he put some E-tape over it............

Ideas on a cause of this mess, I say its Toyota's fault

That's strange, since most items in cars run on 12 volts, which isn't nearly enough to shock you by touching it. The only exceptions are the ignition system (which is under the hood and shouldn't be reaching the parking brake lever at all), things like HID headlights (also under the hood, and the high voltage is just between the ballasts and bulbs), and power inverters to power your 120 volt doodads (usually not a factory option except in some vans/SUVs).

Are you sure it wasn't a static discharge? Did you get shocked more than once touching it? Were you touching anything else at the same time (to complete a circuit)?

Maybe it's an anti-theft feature. A thief breaks into the car, goes to release the parking brake to drive off, and gets a nasty shock! You forgot to hit the secret disarming switch before you touched the button...

[Mase]

Are you sure it wasn't a static discharge? Did you get shocked more than once touching it? Were you touching anything else at the same time (to complete a circuit)?

I think that's what he means. I drive 2 toyotas and they both have the chrome button on the e-brake that is eventually grounded to the chassis. I've gotten static shock from it plenty of times.