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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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Got home tonight and put the old XJ in park and put the e brake on and heard a really loud BAM!! from right next to me it sounded like. So I left the e brake engaged and put the jeep in drive and it rolled, so obviously the e brake was not working. I then disengaged the e brake and when I grabbed and put the lever down it felt lose and didn't "force" itself down like usuall. I then reengaged the e brake and everything was fine and dandy. I did this more then once with no problem. So what the heck happened? Thanks.

Oh and it's a stock 01 XJ sport 4.0 AW4.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 01:08 AM
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did you check the cables? "loud bang" sounds like something broke and e-brakes are mechanical
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 01:21 AM
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did you check the cables? "loud bang" sounds like something broke and e-brakes are mechanical
No, I'll check in the morning. It works now... but I'll definitely check that out tomorrow
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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Ok well none of the cables look broken so I have no clue what it was. It works now, so I guess that's all that matters
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