I just discovered something about the handbrake - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

ROCKLAND TOYOTA · 12-23-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

off topic but someone also mentioned somewhere in the threads that it will disengage the governor on the engine if you pull the brake up one click. Can anyone confirm this?

YES, nypunk discovered this neat trick.....

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Originally Posted by at3GG

my 07 LB doesnt....

same here, must be an 08 thing.....

33OH · 12-23-2008, 04:56 PM

I wonder if it's a power package thing?

I don't have the power package and mine doesn't beep. Do you guys who 'beep' have the power package?

nsmitchell · 12-23-2008, 05:03 PM

I never use handbreak while in park... unless on a steep hill.

Sodium Duck · 12-23-2008, 05:13 PM

Somewhere in the manual it says to use the parking brake all the time. I use it all the time, even on flat terrain.

lita_g · 12-23-2008, 05:20 PM

Mine also beeps, I found out once when I was leaving in a rush and skipped putting down the e-brake. I always use it, got used to it from driving a stick.

tuckevalastin · 12-23-2008, 05:31 PM

Mine beeps (this car beeps at anything you do wrong!!!) and I have a 08 A/T Sedan with no power package.

33OH · 12-23-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

Mine beeps (this car beeps at anything you do wrong!!!) and I have a 08 A/T Sedan with no power package.

There goes my theory. I have no idea. I know for sure mine doesn't beep.

tuckevalastin · 12-23-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ryank

There goes my theory. I have no idea. I know for sure mine doesn't beep.

Well let me rephrase that. I THINK mine beeps but I can't gaurantee it. I always use my handbrake when I park but I never really forget longer than the time it takes me to put my seatbelt on so its possible that it could just be the seatbelt beep.

mikenacarato · 12-24-2008, 09:15 AM

my 09 lb DOES beep.

detroiter · 12-24-2008, 10:54 AM

Mine is an 08 LB, without power package, AT and it beeps if you drive over 5 or 10mph I think it is. Get cruising down the road and barely pull it up, it should beep at you.

detroiter · 12-24-2008, 10:55 AM

I forgot to add, my GF's 07 sedan AT beeps too if the handbrake is up. So it's not just an 08 and up thing.

KCALB SIRAY · 12-24-2008, 11:02 AM

^ pretty sure it is, but I haven't tried it. I have to go up to Laurel later so I'll be testing it coming over the Legion bridge

Rain · 12-24-2008, 11:03 AM

It beeps?
I drove around the first few days with it on because I kept forgetting and I never heard a sound...

KCALB SIRAY · 12-24-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain

It beeps?
I drove around the first few days with it on because I kept forgetting and I never heard a sound...

I think you're ok as it happens with only the 2008 I believe.

Sodium Duck · 12-24-2008, 11:12 AM

Detroiter, maybe that's it, you have to be at a certain speed. I only noticed it when I was in motion. And the OP was in gear and trying to move and it was beeping as well. Good catch.

33OH · 12-24-2008, 11:15 AM

I've been going and pulling my handbrake to slide in the snow and mine hasn't beeped at all. At least been going 15-20 mph.

12-23-2008, 05:03 PM	#3
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	I never use handbreak while in park... unless on a steep hill. __________________ Other car is a 2005 Mustang Convertible 4.0L V6 Manual - Legend Lime Get YarAss in gear! RIP - Casey Tatum

12-23-2008, 05:13 PM	#4
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	Somewhere in the manual it says to use the parking brake all the time. I use it all the time, even on flat terrain. __________________ 42.88

12-23-2008, 05:31 PM	#6
tuckevalastin View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Delaware/Connecticut Posts: 609	Mine beeps (this car beeps at anything you do wrong!!!) and I have a 08 A/T Sedan with no power package. __________________

12-24-2008, 11:02 AM	#12
KCALB SIRAY それを吸ってください View User's Garage Drives: black sand lb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 8,894	^ pretty sure it is, but I haven't tried it. I have to go up to Laurel later so I'll be testing it coming over the Legion bridge __________________ http://lifesdailypimpslap.tumblr.com/#me My Build

12-24-2008, 11:12 AM	#15
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	Detroiter, maybe that's it, you have to be at a certain speed. I only noticed it when I was in motion. And the OP was in gear and trying to move and it was beeping as well. Good catch. __________________ 42.88

12-23-2008, 04:56 PM	#2
33OH Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dover, Ohio Posts: 7,606	I wonder if it's a power package thing? I don't have the power package and mine doesn't beep. Do you guys who 'beep' have the power package?

12-23-2008, 05:20 PM	#5
lita_g Drives: 2008 Yaris HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deland, FL Posts: 266	Mine also beeps, I found out once when I was leaving in a rush and skipped putting down the e-brake. I always use it, got used to it from driving a stick.

12-24-2008, 09:15 AM	#9
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	my 09 lb DOES beep.

12-24-2008, 10:54 AM	#10
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	Mine is an 08 LB, without power package, AT and it beeps if you drive over 5 or 10mph I think it is. Get cruising down the road and barely pull it up, it should beep at you.

12-24-2008, 10:55 AM	#11
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	I forgot to add, my GF's 07 sedan AT beeps too if the handbrake is up. So it's not just an 08 and up thing.

12-24-2008, 11:03 AM	#13
Rain help! my Yaris shrunk! Drives: 12 Hot Lava iQ/07 Jade Vios Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,748	It beeps? I drove around the first few days with it on because I kept forgetting and I never heard a sound...

12-24-2008, 11:15 AM	#16
33OH Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dover, Ohio Posts: 7,606	I've been going and pulling my handbrake to slide in the snow and mine hasn't beeped at all. At least been going 15-20 mph.

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