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Drove car about a mile with handbrake on

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So I put the handbrake on because it was parked on a slight angle but I forgot to disengage it. I drove it about a mile at around 35-40 MPH.

I can't really tell a difference in the braking. But I'm still concerned.

Comments, please?
 
The car is a 2008 Mazda 3.

I was not really paying attention, so when I did disengage the handbrake, I could not tell a big difference in driving compared to when it was engaged. Maybe if I was paying more attention to this detail I could have noticed a difference.

Maybe I should get it checked next time I'm in for service? Should I tell them to check the handbrake?

Thanks for the help.
 
I screwed around with the ebrake in my family's Civic for a year (e.g. using ebrake to stop from 50 Kph once every few days). I managed to put twice the amount of wear on the rear brake because of this; think it was 8mm versus 4mm of pad left. Most of the regular braking is done with the front due to weight shifting, so maybe that's why you don't notice much of a difference.
 
If you didn't notice much difference, I wouldn't worry about it.
Definitely have it the brakes checked next time you bring it in, but I personally wouldn't worry about it hurting the effectiveness of the brakes.
 
you didn't drive far enough imo to worry about. However I drove 15 miles once at 60mph with ebrake on and didn't have any brakes when I hit the exit ramp on the interstate. Luckily it was late and there was no traffic. Fluid boiled up and created air in the lines. After a few pumps I had brakes again and they worked fine but I did service them anyway.
 
If you have a separate park brake that is a drum brake inside the disc brake rotor, then you wouldn't have had any effect at all on your regular brakes.
 
twinrider1 said:
Oooooh that smell.

If you didn't smell it, you probably didn't do any harm.
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I'm not sure how much smell you'd get from the rears as the smell would be taken away behind it from airflow.

That being said, the worst you did was wear down your pads. Rear pads don't typically see much work anyhow, so I doubt you need to do anything. Give it a visual inspection though.
 
If your e-brake was functioning properly, and you set it with a reasonable amount of force, you shouldn't be able to drive away with it on. Not in a Mazda3 anyway.
 
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