(a) A vehicle shall be rejected for the parking brake system if:
- (1) The parking brake control cannot be reached when the driver is in a seated position;
- (2) The operating mechanism fails to hold the brakes in the applied position without a manual effort;
- (3) The operating control "bottoms" before the brakes are fully applied;
- (4) The parking brakes do not fully apply and release when the driver control is operated;
- (5) The parking brake system is insufficient to hold the vehicle to the limit of traction on a grade either facing forward or rearward, with the vehicle in neutral;
- (6) The parking brake system does not hold the vehicle with engine slightly accelerated in low gear; or
- (7) There are any non-manufactured holes or cracks in the spring brake housing section of a parking brake.
Source. (See Revision Notes at Chapter Heading Saf-C 3200) #8915, eff 6-22-07, EXPIRED: 6-22-15 New. #10886, INTERIM, eff 7-16-15, EXPIRES: 1-12-16; ss by #11016, eff 1-6-16