eletric park brake

I have a early VF manual and no problems so far with mine. Please keep us updated on what they find out with your car.

 

.. +1

 

That sucks dude! Definitely be interested to see what they find...

 

That's not great. Much damage?

 

I hope they can recreate the problem and assist with the repair, but they probably will deny liability.

 

I dont have faith in these elec park brakes either, gimme the drift bar any day

 

That suck big time! keep us posted on the what they find?

I dont trust the electric hand brakes either, i've had to pull the lever a couple of times to get mine to actually turn on but thankfully hasnt failed like yours.

 

Yeah mine went in for a park brake fix on my 2013 auto redline ute, got in it after work released the hand brake and a light showing the red park symbol and a spanner icon above it was up on the cluster not quite as dramatic as yours my only concern was if the brake itself had released so I could drive home ( it had luckily ) so took it to the dealer the next day and from what they told me cause I live on a slight hill when applying the park brake the car slightly rolls forward and that supposedly caused an issue with the computer, which in turn can lead to it not applying the hand brake or it not releasing ( this was all coming from a holden service centre who didn't know what mylink was ) so not sure of this was any help, just my experience.

 

I understand that your circumstances are bad luck, or maybe product failure. However, when I was taught to drive, I was also taught never to put all my trust in the handbrake - mechanical obviously at that time.

I am aware of a small number of similar incidents with mechanical handbrakes that support that training.

I know that it is some times inconvenient, and I acknowledge that I have erred once or twice. But I learned a longtime ago about the benefits of redundancy in safety systems. Thus I would recommend that the best course of action is not to rely on only the handbrake when leaving a car.

Nevertheless, it is not good when a system let's you down.

 

Also, so far I love the electric handbrake, though I have had to reconsider the way I use it.

I have had my VF for a year, and put about 12,000 km on it, though the last two months it has been in storage while I am in Europe.

As an aside, last year I drove a very late model Corolla (manual) and Peugeot (auto). They were both hopeless in comparison to my Aussie cars on anything other than smooth and level bitumin. This year, jI have had an old Nissan Note (manual) and a brand new Hyundai i35 (auto). I have been surprised that the Note has been vastly better to live with than the Corolla.

The i35 has been pleasant, but the steering has been abismal compared to both the hydraulic system in my MY 12.5 VE, and the electric system in my MY 14 VF.

Looking forward to returning home to good cars in a month as time.

 

interesting any feed back from Holden yet

 

"Safety re-clamp

If for some reason the electric park brake detects vehicle roll after an initial apply, this safety backup feature comes into play. It does so by re-clamping the park brake to its maximum apply force. Even after the driver has vacated the driver’s seat, it will act to increase the park brake force if a drop off in cable tension is detected."

Maybe you just forgot to apply it?

 

How can they readjust the cable.....it is electronic????.....park brake full of gravel and dust...I do not believe that.

Here are the good tips....if it is AUTO always leave the car in Park and turn the motor off whether it is on the flat or on a hill and do not leave it in neutral....if it is Manual turn the motor off and if on the flat leave in 1st gear....if facing downhill leave the gear in reverse....if facing uphill leave the gear in 1st...and never leave in neutral under any circumstances unless on the flat and the brake firmly applied and you are checking something on the motor whilst ticking over.

Above is the first thing you do before applying any brakes whether it be electronic on manual operation....what do they teach you these days on obtaining your Driver's Licence??????

 

All is forgiven....not having a go at you....but there a lot of comments where the poster is very vague...and are not specific with their comments.....:hmmm: