Deactivate Auto Parking Brake on 2024 Tacoma -- how to DIY instructions

[TrustButVerify]

I spend 0 % of my day thinking about my parking pawl actually.

Few do until it needs to be replaced.

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[diablo2112]

There is no pawl in the 2024 Tacoma. The Parking "brake" is just a motor that compresses the rear brake pads against the rotor. Big black plastic housing in the photo, below.

 

[Sner]

There is no pawl in the 2024 Tacoma. The Parking "brake" is just a motor that compresses the rear brake pads against the rotor. Big black plastic housing in the photo, below.

a parking pawl is not part of the brakes. It’s in the transmission and all automatics have it. To that point, do I worry about a parking pawl failing or wearing out - never! Should the automatic parking brake be used at all times - Yes logic of using a parking brake to save a pawl in the transmission is absolute nonsense. Using a parking brake to maintain your brake system is what makes sense.

 

[diablo2112]

a parking pawl is not part of the brakes. It’s in the transmission and all automatics have it. To that point, do I worry about a parking pawl failing or wearing out - never! Should the automatic parking brake be used at all times - Yes logic of using a parking brake to save a pawl in the transmission is absolute nonsense. Using a parking brake to maintain your brake system is what makes sense.

Got it. I thought he might be referring to the parking brake handle pawl that you had on the old cable systems. I didn’t think of the AT pawl at all.

 

[john877]

I deactivated the automatic parking brake in my 2024 TRD Sport. However there are times I get the "EPB Automatically Applied" message on my dashboard. I can seemed to figure out what causes the brake to be applied in some instances. It's annoying because you have to hit the button to release the brake.

 

[Dbarron]

I have a 2024 off road not sure where this emergency brake button is located

 

[WhakoDog]

Why in the world would you want to turn off the parking brake? Seems very strange.

 

[soupy1234]

I have a 2024 off road not sure where this emergency brake button is located

The manual is your friend.

 

[EVOTACO]

I somehow deactivated brake accidentally and this helped to reactivate. Thanks bruv

Same here. I was not aware of the auto setting. I've just been manually operating it.

 

[Dbarron]

I do not want to turn off the parking brake just asking where the button was to turn it off. I read in the post there was a button, my truck doesn’t have one, I looked.

The manual is your friend.

my truck doesn’t have those buttons. Thank you
I do look it up in the manual and could not find it

 

[EVOTACO]

I do not want to turn off the parking brake just asking where the button was to turn it off. I read in the post there was a button, my truck doesn’t have one, I looked.

my truck doesn’t have those buttons. Thank you
I do look it up in the manual and could not find it

Do you have the manual transmission?

or the automatic?

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