emergency brake... doesnt hold
 

my emergency brake has no actually brake like if i were to pull it , the car would barely slow down is there somewhere i can tighten the tension on the ebrake or maybe i need a new brake or what any info would help...
Thanks
TwEaK

Look in the FSM I personally dont know. For the time being just park your car in 1st gear and curb your wheel.

look under the car and check the cable.

comes from above the tranny, goes back and connects to 2 other cables. First thing I would do is theck the cable and whatnot. I know that there is a spring back where the cable splits to create tension on the line, perhaps the spring is shot so you get no tension when you pull on it.

I have had this problem with other cars. In my experience the line just needed to be tightened.

kk ill check it out later tommorow morning its already really late here just checking posts
tweak

just as a question where can i get the spring incase its bad??
TwEaK

does it hold when the car is parked? the 7 ebrake barely brakes when the vehicle is in motion.

If the cable isnt broken, then you can tighten it up if you take off the trim on the ebrake inside of the car. There *should* be a nut or bolt, I forget which which the cable connects to. It shouldnt be too big a job.

I think maybe yours is just not adjusted right... I have no problem whatso ever doing handbrake turns in my '7. :D

Yea same here. I have to tighten the old benz's cable a lot for some reason, like every 6 months or so, yes the bolt is tight! The cable is just streched I guess...who cares? Not me! :D

thats extacly it i wanna be able to pull the e brake and lock the back tires while in motion so while doing a turn i pull and lose the back =)
TwEaK

got the same problem, my ebrake used to lock my tires solid even inmovement. Then one day I changed the brake pads myself, front and rear. From that day on my ebrake barely stops me in movement, it does hold the car from rolling back while parked though. I have just been too lazy to check it out.

If you tighten up the cable you should be fine...but you will go through tires and brake pads like a bitch!