How to Make Parking Brake Adjustments in a Cadillac Escalade

Make parking brake adjustments to your 1999 or older Cadillac Escalade at home to save time and money. When your vehicle starts to slip out of park when parked on a slope, assess adjusting your parking brake. Cadillac Escalade year models 2000 and newer have a self-adjusting parking brake. Push in on the parking brake three times for it to self adjust.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Jack and jack stands
• 3mm pin
• Wrench

1. Lift your Cadillac Escalade using the jack and support the rear wheels with jack stands.

2. Loosen the adjusting nut with your screwdriver. Locate the adjusting nut underneath on the inside of the tire well.

3. Push in on the brake pedal with your foot and move the brakes away from the wheel assembly 18 degrees. Insert a 3mm pin into the hole that appears.

4. Use your foot to push in on the brake pedal until the pin on the wheel well assembly reaches the top of the wheel well.

5. Turn the adjusting nut with your wrench to tighten this position. Release the parking brake by pulling the release handle. Take the pin out of the wheel well assembly.

6. Lower your Cadillac Escalade using the jack and remove the jack stands from the rear wheels. Test your vehicle out by parking on a slope and use only the parking brake to stop the vehicle.

Resources

• Use the Cadillac discussion board to answer more questions.
• Download a Cadillac Escalade owner's manual.