Q: Notification on screen says parking brake is malfunctioning, even though the parking button works fine.
It says I should use the e-brake, so I did once, and it went away for a day. Now it is back, but putting on the e-brake isn't fixing it.
My car has 102000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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