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Originally Posted by Eddie
Thanks for the feedback. Glad to hear it isn't something completely unusual.
That said, how is it possible that the brakes are seizing to the rotor when I don't apply the parking brake (flat parking lot)? Does an automatic transmission apply the brakes when placed into P? Never heard of that before...
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This can happen to any car regardless of transmission. Even when you are not applying the brakes, the pads ride along the rotor without a significant clearance, so any surface rust that forms on the rotor can seize on the surface of the brake pad.
Also, on our cars, the parking brake is a separate mechanism from the brake calipers and rotors. the hand brake actuates a brake drum and shoe assembly behind the rear rotors, so it should not change the rotors seizing whether you engage it or not.