Emergency brake pedal

[lrymal]

This '03 Silverado is such an amazing truck for me.  But, that danged emergency brake pedal snags my pants cuff and I have hit my shin with it more than once.

 

I wish there were a way of adjusting it so it is not so high up.  Part of me is ready to cut off a couple of inches, if I could figure a way of doing it so that it wouldn't look bad.

 

I don't understand why that pedal has to be in such a position, literally sticking in the way of entry/exit.

[RyanbabZ71]

one word

 

hacksaw  

 

Dont feel bad us 99+ owners also have the same problem

 

It has grabbed me a few times

[TROYROBO]

i've never hung up on my 2000 --------yet---but if i do    

[asepgrad98]

i have never been snaged on mine, maybe you got the seat too close? i dont like how it goes all the way down when i engage it. Which is almost never.

[lrymal]

Well, yeah.  If I adjust the seat back a bit, I don't have the problem.  But then my arms don't fit to the steering wheel comfortably and my feet are not right with the pedals.

 

Yeah, that hacksaw sounds like a potential solution.  Gonna have to think about that.  

[jr.parrish]

Is your 03 an LT? One of the driver functions on our 03 Denali there is an "easy exit system" (should also be on the Silverados, LT trim level, as long as you have memory seats).

 

The easy exit system essentially moves the entire seat backwards when the key is removed from the ignition. I personally don't think the feature is helpful on exit but it can be when entering. I have the Denali programmed so that it leaves the seat in the exit position until I start the vehicle. Once it starts, it moves everything (radio stations, mirrors, seats, etc.) back to they way I like it, based upon the driver preferences associated with the Driver #1 and #2  keys.

 

If you happen to have this feature, I think it would work for your needs.

[DuckhunterInTN]

I did it like every time I got in my 2000 for the first couple of months.  It irritated the he** out of me, too.  After a while, though, I subconsciously got used to it or something because I rarely have a problem with it now.  

 

Just give it a couple of months and you will probably get used to it.  

 

Just out of curiousity, what vehicle did you have before your new truck?

[lrymal]

....Just give it a couple of months and you will probably get used to it.  

 

Just out of curiousity, what vehicle did you have before your new truck?

Unfortunately, I didn't get the memory function.  Wish I had that though, but that is another option the salesdroid didn't tell me about.  

 

I'm fairly well used to the thing now, but I think it could do a number to the left leg if even a minor wreck occured.  Regarding my previous vehicle, it was a Pontiac GrandAm.  Nice little car.  I enjoyed it, but it hated me for treating it like a truck.  The back seat folded down and I was always cramming stuff in the truck all the way to the driver's seat via the truck access-way.

 

Ten years ago, I had an extended cab GMC, but I don't recall griping about the emergency brake back then.  Perhaps I'm more discriminatory now.

[DuckhunterInTN]

The reason I asked what you had previously was because I was curious about whether we had the same vehicles before.  I was thinking maybe we were used to getting into a certain vehicle a certain way because it seems that only some people have problems with the e-brake.  Apparently that is not the case, though, because my previous vehicle was a 1995 K1500.

[WEFs99]

There is a rubber bumper that eases the bang of releasing the E brake and also regulates how far back the pedal returns.  Mine fell off.

[lrymal]

...Apparently that is not the case, though, because my previous vehicle was a 1995 K1500.

I guess this particular design has been around a while.  Really amazing since this pedal is in such a prominant position and its function is not particularly major.

 

I earlier raised the issue about its possibly causing some injury during a wreck...  A long time ago, I kept bruising my left knee on a vehicle (can't recall which one).  Never could figure it out.

 

Finally, I isolated the problem.  As I hit bumps or pot holes, my knee would bump against the window crank.  No telling what kind of injury could have occured if a wreck had occured, causing the knee to whap! against the window crank.

 

Well, I have power windows in this 03 and don't have to worry about that.

[dsteinGA]

I know it sounds like simple question, but why not set the brake when you exit?  That would solve the problem of hurting yourself on it.

 

I set mine every time I get out of the truck.  I might be that I've alway driving MT's until now.

 

Just my suggestion  :thumb:

[lrymal]

I know it sounds like simple question, but why not set the brake when you exit?  That would solve the problem of hurting yourself on it.

Yeah, that certainly would solve the entry/exit issue, and not snagging the pants cuff.

[Guest Friz]

I know it sounds like simple question, but why not set the brake when you exit?  That would solve the problem of hurting yourself on it.

Yeah, that certainly would solve the entry/exit issue, and not snagging the pants cuff.

I was thinking to myself, "I've never had that problem." So I went out and looked at the Tahoe, nope, no problem getting in and out.

dstien hit it for me. I always set the brake.

[Bob G.]

I originally read the first post and wondered why I don't remember the brake sticking out, then it dawned on me that I set mine everytime I get out so that the headlights don't come on with the remote car starter. I use the timer feature in the winter so my truck warms up 10 minutes before I get out of work. Worth its weight in gasoline when the high temp for the day is below 0 degrees F!!!

 

Bob G.