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by Tostino 813 days ago
My 2020 Palisade rolled down a hill after I had parked it with my wife and dog still inside. It rolled over my leg and foot, and I had to go to the hospital. My wife had jumped from the passenger seat to the driver's to stomp on the brakes as it slammed into the car behind us. Transmission grinding away as it rolled down the hill.

Could not recommend the experience less.

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A Palisade is a Hyundai for anyone else who didn’t know.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Palisade

Hyundai owns a third of Kia and the two share parts, assemblies, and entire platforms.
the PALISADE AND telluride are essentially the same vehicle as well.
Sounds terrible. Doesn't it have a hand break or did it roll despite the handbreak?
Most new vehicles from all major manufacturers have electrically actuated push button parking brakes rather than handbrakes.
Oh, that sounds terrible. I thought the whole point of handbreak is that it's directly mechanical and works independently of everything else.
Did you figure out if it was a one off defect, or a common design flaw?