How do you disable that God-awful beeping sound that the car makes when you pull the handbrake?

 

uhm release the handbrake?

 

-_-;

I want to utilize the handbrake while the car is in motion for cornering. I don't want to hear it beeping at me as I do this.

 

Are you cornering, while on trays??? Please tell me you're not doing dumb stuff out on the street.

 

Not on a street, no.

 

well...the cable that connects it the handbrake to the dash is easily accessible if u lift up the panel...where the cup holder is...

i'd assume ud have to create some sort of bypass to always have the dash think its down

or u can always try the dealership? i believe they have the tools to turn off the seatbelt beeping. maybe e-brake too

 

Panel where the cup holder is?

I'm not near my car right now, but is there a special tool required to remove it or anything? I just want to make sure that if I were to somehow rewire it that I wouldn't short something out in the process. I'm sure the dealership could handle it but then I wouldn't be learning anything in the process.

 

the plastic stuff in the middle, including the cupholder

it just pops out like lego

its pretty clear inside there...everything is tucked away nicely, so the lone thin cable (i think its light green) coming out from the handbrake shouldn't be hard to find

disclaimer: the wire is right there...but i dont know what u would do to re-wire it...just telling u its there. do what u want at ur own risk

 

thats what im assuming...

 

Appreciate the tip! Is there a tech manual or anything like it that I can pick up to show wiring diagrams or anything like that?

Why would you assume something like that? The reasons why I want to disable the beep should be less important than the fact that I'm looking for some information on how to do it.

 

not sure where...

maybe try here first: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=205268

i haven't read it all

 

Drifting in a FWD car? Hmm... I'd like to see video of this cornering you're doing. Good luck stopping the beeping.

 

It (drifting) can be done with FWD, but actually I was working on a 180 (which isn't technically cornering, I know).

Drifting in a FWD doesn't really help for speed, though.

 

OMFG. I'm not even going to be an as* and flame you for how incompetent you sound.


But, there is a little red switch in the center console that the hand brake pushes down when it's off. All you need to do is find whatever way you think is best for you. Either its just taping it down or something more complicated. It's an easy fix tho.

 

Do you even know what it means to flame somebody? Because you just did. Seriously, I don't know what everyone's collective bad attitude is about here.


So doing this on a tC wouldn't require any wiring at all?

 

^ You sure it's on the tC2? While I haven't specifically looked for it, I've dug around in there a bit and didn't notice anything.

@Clockwork: I guessed what you were trying to do (I haven't found any drift or racing teams asking for advice on here), and I wouldn't recommend it. I had the opportunity to spend some time learning those tricks and, while they're fun, they're hard on your car. From a purely practical standpoint, if you're going to try to learn an aggressive driving maneuver, start with the J-turn.

Good luck with the beeping though.

 

Thanks. I'm not trying to learn for racing or anything like that which is what people probably assume, but everyone seems more focused on the why than the how.

 

^ Absolutely. It's a kinda random question and most of us have no idea of the answer, so rather than sit quietly and read and learn, we judge you based on our assumptions.

Basically, we can't burn witches anymore, so we go here.

 

i actually saw a civic trying to drift in a parking lot. he gained speed (i wouldnt call it going fast, it was a civic) then pulled ebrake and turned, slid maybe 5 feet and did it again.

wow. lol

 

when you lift the brake, the switch hits metal and sends a ground signal through that wire to turn on dash light and whatnot.

unplug the wire. from the brake assembly. should be that simple. i havnt tried, but if theres no ground signal being sent through the wire, then you should be good