With the car stopped, but the engine still running, press and hold the park off button until you get the "park off" message on the dash screen. Then turn off the car. The parking brake will not have been engaged. Not instructing the car to "Park off" by pressing and holding the park of button, the parking brake will automatically engage when you turn off the iginition. If your brakes are wet and you are leaving it for a while it could contribute to the parking brake binding and then then shattering when trying to start moving, leading to unpleasant bills...
Ask me how I know!
Eb
Ok so before getting out of the car, put gear into P then press park off until I get a dash reading and then engine off? The one exception to this is when parked on a hill?
Unless with my luck it breaks!!! Not even sure my shoes work as I never adjusted them when I replaced them. I will let the friendly mot garage know for next March.Correct, although I'd not bother even on a hill. It's in Park there's a sodding great pawl locking the transmission....
C
Correct, although I'd not bother even on a hill. It's in Park there's a sodding great pawl locking the transmission....
C
Unless with my luck it breaks!!! Not even sure my shoes work as I never adjusted them when I replaced them. I will let the friendly mot garage know for next March.
Ok awesome little tip I shall use from here on out. Thanks
If there's enough force to sheer the pawl, the EPB won't have a hope in ****
I genuinely don't understand why Automatics have 'handbrakes' unless it's in case of transmission failure of some kind, but anyway.
I'd advise that you let it go on and off occasionally, especially if you're using the car in the wet. You don't want to come to an MOT and find it won't engage because it's corroded. Cos they will test it....
C
Isn't the handbrake actually the emergency brake, ie a secondary in case of primary brake failure?If there's enough force to sheer the pawl, the EPB won't have a hope in ****
I genuinely don't understand why Automatics have 'handbrakes' unless it's in case of transmission failure of some kind, but anyway.
I'd advise that you let it go on and off occasionally, especially if you're using the car in the wet. You don't want to come to an MOT and find it won't engage because it's corroded. Cos they will test it....
C
Isn't the handbrake actually the emergency brake, ie a secondary in case of primary brake failure?
The auto translocking pawl is no use as an emergency brake, it's surely break off and maybe break something else too.
Yeah most annoying. No more hand brake turns into the driveway.'Electronic parking brake'
Pretty sure it won't even engage if you're moving. It does, after all, disengage automatically, when you move off.....
Have you ever tried to slow a car with a handbrake, BTW?
C
I regularly drive off in the QP DS with the handbrake on and never even noticed!!!'Electronic parking brake'
Pretty sure it won't even engage if you're moving. It does, after all, disengage automatically, when you move off.....
Have you ever tried to slow a car with a handbrake, BTW?
C
I might be imagining it but pretty sure the manual talks about deploying it in an emergency situation - although heaven knows what would happen giving that using it whilst stationary can kill itYeah most annoying. No more hand brake turns into the driveway.
I might be imagining it but pretty sure the manual talks about deploying it in an emergency situation - although heaven knows what would happen giving that using it whilst stationary can kill it
Not sure. I have tried it in company cars at low speed and they definitely do not work until at very low speed <5mph and then they come on with a bang. Cannot be good for them.I might be imagining it but pretty sure the manual talks about deploying it in an emergency situation - although heaven knows what would happen giving that using it whilst stationary can kill it
from the QP User Manual:Not sure. I have tried it in company cars at low speed and they definitely do not work until at very low speed <5mph and then they come on with a bang. Cannot be good for them.