My wife has mentioned that in her infrequent use of our 2017 XT1 she has had problems releasing the brake. I haven't experienced the problem until yesterday when she could not release it, and I couldn't either. I could see under the mower that the brake lever was at the very end a slot that it travels in. It appears to me that she jammed the brake as far as it would go, and it could not travel a little further to effect the release. After a lot of brute force on the pedal, I finally succeeded in releasing it. Before I drop the deck and jack it up to see what I could do to perhaps adjust the linkage, I wonder if I could get some insight on this forum for this. Other than just telling her to lighten up on the brake setting, that is.