Electric Parking Brake Forced Cancellation

When the electric parking brake system has malfunction and parking brake cannot be released, you can release parking brake by doing forced cancellation procedure.
Before doing electric parking brake forced cancellation, check for electric parking brake system DTCs with the HDS. If any DTCs are indicated, do the indicated DTC's troubleshooting and repair the cause for DTC first.
If the electric parking brake switch fails, switch operation will be disabled and the manual release is not possible. However, depending on the malfunction, you may be able to release the parking brake by following procedures.
- Buckle the driver's seat belt.
- Start the engine.
- Shift the transmission to D or R position/mode.
- Slowly press the accelerator pedal.