On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:42:06 -0600, Will Honea >
wrote:
> Carole wrote:


> > Our 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee is parked on an incline so my son
pulled the
> > parking brake and now I cannot get it off I am unable to push in
the
> > button therefore the lever will not go down.I am not a mechanic
and
> > neither is my son can I call AAA it is my only car.
> >


> Try pushing the brake pedal as hard as you can while releasing the
parking
> brake - that will releive some of the pressure on the latch. You
may also

> have some luck pulling up on the leaver while pushing the button as
that may
> (if you pull hard enough) get the pawl out of the notch it is in as
it tries
> to move to the next notch. I recall having to use a long 2x4 to
pry the
> lever up when some gorilla set the brake really hard.


Try pulling up on the brake lever a bit before pressing the button in.