Brakes

Parking Brake Lever Inspection

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Stroke Inspection

1. Pump the brake pedal a few times.

2. Pull the parking brake lever two to three times.

3. Inspect the parking brake stroke by slowly pulling at point A 50 mm {1.97 in} from the end of the parking brake lever with a force of 98 N {10 kgf, 22 lbf}

and counting the number of notches (clicking sound).


  • If not within the specification, adjust the parking brake lever.

    Parking brake lever stroke when pulled at 98 N {10 kgf, 22 lbf}
  • 2—6 notches

Test yourself

A quick Mazda 3 quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.