Old thread revival - thanks to those that posted prior. I'll add my experience to maybe help another searching like I did.
I've been working on cars for 45 years, I think one other time I had to adjust the cable tension, most of my cars were manual transmission so gets used everyday. My son has a 2010 EX Sedan with 191k on it, we adjusted the star wheels 1-2 times over the years but parking / E-brake was still not great. I did his rear rotors and pads over the weekend, had trouble getting one off and had to loosen the star wheel all the way. Brake shoe was held up on a ridge inside because there was NO pad left on one shoe and it was metal/metal, oops. Make sure if you are doing rear rotors maybe plan ahead and buy the parking brake shoes just in case, you can always return them. Closest place on Sunday was 35 minutes away at Advance and they had 1 set. Autozone that had it was almost 50 minutes away. I live on Long island and there are AZ and AAP stores everywhere. Napa didn't have either. Think about getting new shoe retainer pins also, his are rusted pretty bad and I'll probably change them next weekend before they snap, also not stocked anywhere.
I got everything swapped but brake handle was still way up before it engaged but still wouldn't hold the car. Star wheels were set that there was a very light drag already. If you look at
@mobileterminaluser pictures, the arched bridge on top pushes on opposite shoe when parking brake is engaged. If you look at the shiny arm in back of shoe, that is what pulls against the bridge. I had my wife help me and pull the handle so I could watch and it was on second to last click from top before other shoe moved. I knew I had to adjust the cable from there.
The directions for access from top are good, it is a 12mm nut. I found that even with a ratcheting wrench I could not really get it to move as the cables flex back and forth. The whole console does not need to come off. Two 10mm bolts inside under that felt pad and 2 phillips screws on each side next to seat. Slide seat forward all the way for easier access. You can lift the back part of console high enough to use a ratchet, 12mm socket and extension. I used the screw driver handle to hold it up. Pictures are from that setup. Then it's real easy to adjust that tighter. I had car jacked up and wheels off to confirm star wheels set correct again then tightened the cable accordingly. I went in a lot of turns, it now starts engaging at 2nd click and pretty solid by 4th. When off there is just a light drag as initially set.
OOPS.
