One possible solution is to disable the brakes. But that would put the rover at increased risk.
"If we do not identify other remedies, the brakes could be released by a command to blow the fuse controlling the relay, though that would make those two brakes unavailable for the rest of the mission," said JPL's Jim Erickson, rover project manager.
Without the brakes on two wheels, small bumps or dips might twist the wheel away from the intended drive direction. Such problems might be minimized "by continuing to use the brakes on the left-front and right-rear wheels, by driving in smaller segments, and by adding a software patch to reset the direction periodically during a drive," Erickson said.
