eletric park brake

[Hothousevys]

Has any one had their park brake fail? Mine did today. Car was left idling in the drive as I went into the house to grab something came back out and car Was 100m down the hill against the workshop wall. Now it is manual so it only had park brake on and it was definatley on when I hopped out (Red indicator light on and car didn't roll away when I first got out). Car is booked in with Holden to see what they can find. Needless to say rather pi$$ed.

 

[DanielSS-V]

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.

 

[Smitty]

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

 

[graphicgoose]

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

 

[Voodoo_SV6]

That's not great. Much damage?

 

[Hothousevys]

That's not great. Much damage?

Not to much just the front bumper. One corner of the plastic has been cracked/dented.

 

[Voodoo_SV6]

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

 

[JETURBO]

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

 

[Jay's Redline]

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.

 

[</3]

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.