Frozen E-Brake

[Dawgman]

I recently had a frozen e-brake on my 2023 tacoma SR5. I realized the problem when I went to back out of my shop, but I was late for an appointment and not thinking, I gave it enough gas in reverse until it broke free. I didnt have to give it a lot of gas, but enough where I am wondering if I could have possibly damaged anything. I can since tell that my handbrake does come up a little farther than it did prior. That's the only noticeable difference. Correct my thinking, but I assume if there would be any damage, it would just be in the brake assembly and nothing else on the truck, correct? I also hate the strain I had to put on the engine to get it to brake free, even if it wasn't very much. I plan to take it to the dealer and have it looked over as soon as the weather subsides, to ensure no damage. Please give me any advice on what I would need to look for if there was any damage to the system. I'm an old man and baby this truck, for I would like for this to be my last truck in this life. I've been a toyota pickup / tacoma loyalist since 1993. Thanks, much appreciated.

John

 

[tacojoel]

Sounds more like the brake shoes were frozen to drums. I take it you must of set the hand brake when the truck was still wet, and then it froze?
At any rate it use to happen all the time on my 2001 tundra, and never had any ill effects from it. I use the parking brake on my 2020 sr5 all the time, it has been trough all sorts of slush, and freezing temps, then parked in this freezing cold. It has yet to do what you claim. When I bought the this truck, I even asked the service manager at the dealership if toyota still had a frozen handbrake problem in their trucks...he said they do, but not as often.
Btw, these trucks don't like babying. Seems to never fail the guys that drive them like grandpa's studebaker have all the issues.