# 99 Grand Am Parking Brake **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-grand-am-parking-brake/783846 "2017-04-05T22:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-grand-am-parking-brake/783846/1 "2017-04-05T22:25:01Z")
The button on the parking brake stopped working, so now I can’t apply the parking brake. I can’t really find any information online about this specific thing. How do I fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-grand-am-parking-brake/783846/2 "2017-04-06T14:37:38Z")
Is it a pull up type with thumb button? If so you could just grab another handle from a junk yard. More detail on “stopped working” may help ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-grand-am-parking-brake/783846/3 "2017-04-06T17:50:28Z")
It sounds like the release is stuck. To identify the offending part, and possibly free up and lubricate it, you’ll have to remove the center console. It has a self-adjusting mechanism I’m not familiar with, and I doubt there’s instructions for anything other than replacing the lever assembly – meaning, once you get in there, you’ll have to figure it out for yourself. Replacement calls for a special tool to disconnect the cable. Almost certainly there’s a way to do it without said tool, but again it’s something that has to be figured out. Good luck!