Turning Off Parking Support Brake (PKSB)

[stokes32]

I had some bikes hanging over the tailgate of my new Tacoma the other day. Every time I tried to reverse it would sense the bikes and automatically apply the brakes. I haven't tried it with the hitch mount bike rack yet, but guessing I will have the same problem. Is there an easy way to turn this off when I don't want to use it?

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[Gear_yyc]

A few more videos on Steve's channel relating to these systems as well

 

[stokes32]

A few more videos on Steve's channel relating to these systems as well

Unfortunately I can't find a button like that on the Tacoma

 

[cneber]

I had the same safety brake discovery yesterday with my hitch mounted bike rack. I could not back out of the driveway. You can disable the PKSB in the settings menu. I don’t think the Tacoma has the same physical button as the Tundra in the video, at least on the TRD Sport model.

 

[Tacanta14]

You'd think the genius engineers at Toyota would realize that some people put bike racks and tow trailers with their Tacos, but apparently they only thought that Tundra owners do so.

 

[Pootklopp]

It looks like there are two instances where it will switch off. One is automatic with a trailer, the other is done with the multi-information display aka dash board. Seems like a switch like the tundra would be more convenient. Maybe it can be added in one of the blanks or a fake TBC connector.

 

[Jaxx642]

Had the exact thing with my hitch mounted bike rack. Used the toggle switch located on the left side of the steering wheel to select Settings (shown on the display), then scroll down to PKSB and deselect it. I think that's what the post above says in a much more thorough way. lol.

 

[crepr12]

appears to be a non issue

 

[Planoman]

Same thing happened to me. And it was braking hard! As least we know the system works. I turn it off when riding.

 

[Pootklopp]

Anyone gone into a car wash with this on? I went into one the other day with my wife's Honda and it was not happy. But I didn't think it ever hit the brakes

 

[dapperdan]

I had this same issue with a hitch mounted rack, figured out how to turn it off and seems to be fine. Still have to turn off the alarm sound each time when backing up. But that is way better then the brakes being slammed on!

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