E-brake Ford Taurus 2001

Cables likely rusted, either replace them, or spend time and lots of WD40 to free them up.

snapped cable released brake, handle is stuck behind panel

put it in reverse and slowly go back wards to take the pressure off
the rear wheels if not its a call out to a gareg

i would check the pedal itself, then pull the drums and try adjusting the brakes, if you havent done this in a while to clean and adjust them you might be better off replacing the shoes, all springs and adjusting them till the drum just starts to drag and rechecking the ebrake, if this doesn't help you will probably need e brake cables and possibly a pedal assembly if it is binding

Hello! The fuse is # 213 (20A) located in the Central Junction Box...The CJB is located under the dash to the right of the brake pedal (between the brake pedal and hood release....Guru...Saailer

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You can check the brake light bulbs and fuses as they release the parking pin.

Is the brake pedal getting harder to depress? Also have you had any work done on the vehicle immediately prior to this problem? If the pedal is getting harder to depress it could be a failing power brake booster if your car has one. Some ABS systems are different than others

Tom, not sure on your particular model, but on most cars the e-brake light on the dash is turned on and off buy a switch in the bottom of the grove for lack of better term, were the e-brake lever sits. It is shut off when the lever is pushed back down. If you havent used it latley, some one may have pulled it up just enough to be almost completly off, but not quite. First try pushing it down all the way. If this dosn't stop it, you may have to pull lever all the way up to see if the switch is loose or other trouble with it.Worse comes to worse unplug it, but rember that you can end up driving around with the e-brake set and burn up your rear brakes.

wether foot e-brake or handle there is a sensor that maybe stuck... look around rachet gears either way for a sensor with wires going to it. while brake is released try pulling out on sensor . if this works either replace or dont use till inspection. Good luck

Try this: Have someone pull the release cable. Using a small tool (credit card, plastic knife, anything); see if you can manually "pry" (for lack of a better term) the filler door open. If it DOES open, the fuel door "pop" spring is either broken or compressed to the point that it will not "pop" the door open. The spring is a flat piece of metal, bent into sorta of a "U" shape, and is located at the hinge side. Try this, and get back to me if you need more assistance. Hope this helps.
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