FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Diagnostic Strategies

PARKING BRAKES DIAGNOSIS TROUBLESHOOTING STRATEGY
Use these steps to plan your diagnostic strategy. If you follow them carefully, you will be sure that you have exhausted most of the possible ways to find a parking brakes fault.
1. Gather Information from the customer.
2. Verify that the condition described by the customer exists.
3. Find the malfunction by following the Symptom Chart. Diagnosis By Symptom
4. Verify malfunction is eliminated.