“I have had MANY ebrake problems over the years from cables frozen with corrosion to snapped cables to worn out mini brake pads”
Yup!
Among the design mistakes on GM’s “X-cars” of the '80s was an e-brake cable that was much more prone to freezing-up as a result of corrosion, as compared to other cars.
Over my lifetime, I have owned 10 cars, and the only one that ever presented me with e-brake problems was my Chevy Citation. After paying to replace the e-brake cable twice within ~3 years, I opted to drive without a functioning e-brake for the last few months that I owned the car, due to low funds at the time.
That cable problem was with a conventional e-brake.