{"id":165402,"date":"2025-05-16T21:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogv2prod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=165402"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:36:54","slug":"where-is-the-brake-located","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/where-is-the-brake-located\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is the Brake Pedal Located?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><style>.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column165402_5ab6a9-2a inner-column-1 qk-look-widget\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-row ultp-block-c23322  qk-main-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-row-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-column ultp-block-3fa5e0\"><div class=\"ultp-column-wrapper\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7\"]{text-align:center;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-family:Inter;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7 summary-title wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading165402_359dff-b7\"><span>Summary<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Regardless of whether you&rsquo;re driving an automatic or manual, the brake pedal is always the one on the left of the accelerator pedal.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The parking brake can be pedal-operated, but in other models, it&rsquo;s a lever under the dashboard or near the gearshift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Where Is the Brake Typically Located?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A: Regardless of whether you&rsquo;re driving an automatic or manual, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/brake-pedal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"brake pedal\">brake pedal<\/a> is always the one on the left of the accelerator pedal. On a manual with three pedals, the brake pedal is the one in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/parking-brake-what-it-does-how-it-works-and-its-different-types-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"parking brake\">parking brake<\/a>, its location greatly varies, depending on vehicle specifications. In some vehicles, the parking brake can be pedal-operated. In other models, it&rsquo;s a lever under the dashboard or near the gearshift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessing the brake pedal assembly can be quite complicated on some vehicles but quite simple on others, so don&rsquo;t get in over your head if it looks like something you can&rsquo;t handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"location of car brake pedal\" class=\"wp-image-166049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/location-of-car-brake-pedal.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Regardless of whether you&rsquo;re driving an automatic or manual, the brake pedal is always the one on the left of the accelerator pedal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/brake-pedal-diagram-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"brake pedal diagram\" class=\"wp-image-180632\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The brake pedal arm swings from a shaft at its top end and has a pushrod just below that point that moves forward and applies the brakes when the pedal is pressed (see <br>diagram). | Image Source: Richard McCuistian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Q: Where Is the Brake Typically Located? 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