The way to figure out what is wrong is to first do a visual inspection. Jack up the car, remove the rear wheels and see what is missing, broken, rusted, etc. Refer to 6-2-1 in workshop manual for locations, routing, and correct parts. It is not a good idea to drive much without a working e-brake especially in a 5-speed! The most common things that go wrong are 1 out of adjustment 2 rusted, broken cable 3 worn out brake pads If you just put your eyeballs on it the trouble will quickly be obvious. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, orentha@xxxx wrote: > My emergency brake hasn't worked at all since I've owned my D. > > Just curious as to what would be the best way to diagnose and solve > this problem... > > Thanks.