How to release Electronic Parking Brake for towing?

[skipgen]

My starter has finally failed on my 2015 V8 Ultimate - How do I release the Parking Brake to get it ready for towing?

 

[plaintiger]

I happened to be sitting in my car when I read this – it's a 2015 3.8 Sedan – so I switched the ignition to ON (by pressing the button twice with my foot off the brake pedal), put the transmission in D, put my foot on the brake pedal and pressed and held the parking brake button and that turned off the parking brake. Then I shifted to neutral, which you would presumably do for towing, and shut off the ignition and the P-brake appeared to stay off. So you could give that a try. Let us know if it works!

The parking brake being electronic, and electronic things having a tendency to act unpredictably sometimes, I'd probably recommend using a flatbed just so no transmission damage occurs should a bird flying overhead or a temporary dip in the NASDAQ cause the P-brake to re-engage mid-tow...

 

[joegr]

Pressing the parking brake button in with the key on will release. There is no need to shift into driver or any gear to do this. Of course, you will need to shift to neutral eventually anyway.

 

[skipgen]

Thanks - I did stumble upon it eventually!