Foot parking brake IS 300h

[scudney]

How was the issue fixed if I may ask 

[200h]

i have just checked my foot parking brake and i get 6 clicks before the car holds

i'm sure the pedal didn't travel that far when i purchased the car , how many clicks

can other IS owners count.

[Mr_Groundhog]

But what is the correct sequence?
I stop the car, then press the brake pedal to move the stick to N. Once in N, I press the handbrake (footbrake) and the last bit is move the stick to P

Am I doing it wrong?

[wharfhouse]

1 hour ago, Mr_Groundhog said:

But what is the correct sequence?
I stop the car, then press the brake pedal to move the stick to N. Once in N, I press the handbrake (footbrake) and the last bit is move the stick to P

Am I doing it wrong?

According to the handbook the guidance is: "To set the parking brake, fully depress
the parking brake pedal with your left
foot while depressing the brake pedal
with your right foot." 

Personally if I'm going to use the parking brake (I only use it when parking on an incline) I stop, keep my right foot on the brake pedal, move the gear lever to P, engage the parking brake with my left foot and then take my right foot off the brake pedal. I find this method prevents any undue movement of the car against the gearbox P pawl.

[DBIZO]

On 3/4/2019 at 9:39 PM, Lexus IS Owner said:

Thanks again for the responses. Here is a video showing the car moving while foot brake is completely engaged. I believe the car should not move when the foot brake is applied regardless of the the gear selector in N or P position.

This is dangerous. It is normal for the car change its posture on the wheels when the parking break takes the weight off of the road breaks, but this should not mean rolling. However, why do you leave in Neutral, as opposed to Parking? The car tends to complain if you try to exit not in P position. That should also help the breaks, because it loads the transaxle. I don't think I've ever tried to park in N, in fact I never use N. It's for towing.

 

[Randomizer]

I thought my Parking break was faulty too but I didn't just push it hard enough against the floor, you know when it's pushed enough when it stays down completely. The light will come on even if you don't push it hard enough, which it IMO shouldn't. A design fault in my books. Anyway it's dumb that IS has this old school parking break but other models have automatic P break.