Model S Plaid Emergency Brake

[Decibelle]

I looked in the Owners Manual and it doesn't look like the Plaid has an Emergency Brake like our older cars where you press the park button on the shifter stalk and hold it in for as long as you wish the emergency brakes to be applied to the rotors. I thought this was mandatory, but maybe things have changed and newer cars don't need it. Or maybe one has to open the "gear" shifter on the main screen and then press the P button.

 

[zanary]

On the older Model S, the parking brake is applied when you put it in park. There was a manual way to engage it by press+hold the shifter stalk park button.

I'm guessing if you tap+hold after the park gesture on the screen, then maybe it will do the same, or tap+hold on the park button on the center console it may do the same.

 

[P100D_Me]

I'm guessing if you tap+hold after the park gesture on the screen

'Emergency' brake

 

[Darmie]

Good point. Maybe they have the data that an emergency brake system is not needed. I personally never considered the park button to be an emergency braking system.

 

[ReelMartinis]

Park on a car with a normal transmission is a thick piece of metal that engages itself in the tranny gear/fly wheel. Tesla's don't have a tranny...so....Park = E brake

 

[elco_us]

Go to "Safety" menu, and emergency brake can be engaged from there.
I haven't found a faster way to engage it.

once engage "p brake" light is on

 

[TSLA Pilot]

At least on the older Model S, pre-refresh, pressing and holding the Park function would apply the rear brakes to a full stop, likely around .2 or .3 G or so. Pretty innocuous.

Wonder this new MS can only do this via the MCU I guess?

 

[Duke846]

I looked in the Owners Manual and it doesn't look like the Plaid has an Emergency Brake like our older cars where you press the park button on the shifter stalk and hold it in for as long as you wish the emergency brakes to be applied to the rotors. I thought this was mandatory, but maybe things have changed and newer cars don't need it. Or maybe one has to open the "gear" shifter on the main screen and then press the P button.

 

[Mash]

Did anyone check if keep pressing brake pedal would pump the brakes automatically in case of boiled fluid? Or that feature also gone now?

Edit: checked, it's still there - press and hold and let it pump brakes by itself

 

[CaptUAL]

Go to "Safety" menu, and emergency brake can be engaged from there.
I haven't found a faster way to engage it.

once engage "p brake" light is on

Yup…Precisely. 2021 MSP