Bradley Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 In the two weeks that I have driven the Journey, one thing that has occured three times is that the hood latch is pulled by my shoe when I release the emergency brake. That the hood opens on the road is not a major concern. Does anybody else have this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 In the two weeks that I have driven the Journey, one thing that has occured three times is that the hood latch is pulled by my shoe when I release the emergency brake. That the hood opens on the road is not a major concern. Does anybody else have this problem. Since you know what is the cause i suggest to be more careful with your shoe . It's the Murphy's law : no matter how carefully the engineers are designing things, there will be always someone who will do the unthinkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekmclain9 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Never had this problem but i dont use the emergency brake as i dont live where there is any hills to need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armendegga Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I haven't had this happen to me... yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyh Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I have but don't use the emergence brake. All I have to do is bump the hood latch and The hood pops up. dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfurth Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 For the love of all that is internally combusted - JUST SAY NO to electronic PARKING brakes! When all else fails, a cable-driven brake that runs actual service brakes (even if they are only the rear brakes) is infinitely more useful than a secondary parking brake (see: drum type brakes inside a disk brake rotor like the old 4th gen Grand Caravan). And I wouldn't trust an electrically driven parking brake to function when I need brakes 3 seconds ago. dhh3 and hockey_puck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Actually electric parking brake is neat , I use mine quite often because of my inclined driveway. I have it set to come on automatically when I put the Cherokee in PARK. dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindSquirrel Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 your park brake is in the foot well? Mine is just a hand operated jobby on the side of the centre console (like 99% of the other cars on the road). And the hood release is on the other side of the vehicle for me, so I'd have to contort and stretch my leg to get anywhere near it. Animal Mother and dhh3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyh Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 All I have to do is bump the hood latch and the hood pops. I have an appt with the dealer for service on this. Service said I am not the first to complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyphenia Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Had this happen many times. I have to think about how I use my foot to release the brake so it's kind of a bad placement to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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