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    handbrake button is stuck in the lever

    Guys - can anyone help?

    Just got back from lunch time drive and the handbrake button is stuck in the lever!! The handbrake still works if you pull it up, but it wont stay there because the buttom wont pop out!!

    Parking on very flat things at the moment!!!!!

    Anyone know how to free up these things?

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    Try to see of the handle is pushed all the way back toward the rear of the car. It may be that the handle has simply slid forward a little bit. If the handle is indeed all the way back, pull the handle off (by pulling it toward the front of the car), then checking if the button works. It may either be that the button is catching on the handle itself, or that something has happened to the spring. You can also pull up the parking brake boot (leather cover) to make sure the latch is working at the base of the parking brake lever. Good luck.
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    Pull the boot up, There is a small ratcheting pawl located under the handle about where your pinky sits. there's a metal tab that is supposed to be folded over to keep the pawl in the handle, if it bends straight, and lets the pawl drop, the button stays in. push the pawl up, bend the tab back or put a tie wrap around it, or take it out and spot weld it, the tie wrap works fine.

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