Handbrake failed to release

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

That isnt a very good safety feature.
What if you are involved in an accident and the only way for somebody to help you out is thru the rear door????
Andrew

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I was talking to someone about this a while ago and they suggested something to do with being in traffic and someone can't open it and borrow stuff off you I could be wrong but i believe that's what I was told. As you say quite possibly not a great feature in some cases.

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Originally Posted by nat_89

That's right you can manually release it but as far as I know it won't auto release on the drive away releasing with a door open if that makes sense.

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Yes, that makes sense. I'll have to try it tomorrow.

Been caught a few times with the tailgate myself. I don't remember the D3 doing that.

Cheers,
Jon

In that senario its a good idea.
I did read once that modern vehicles are designed to unlock doors when an impact reaches a certain G level.Then again you cant believe everything you read on the net;););););)
Andrew

Even back in 1980 you could open a 7Series BMW if you knew where to hit the bonnet, so yes it possible with newer cars
Regards Philip A.

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Originally Posted by jon3950

Yes, that makes sense. I'll have to try it tomorrow.

Been caught a few times with the tailgate myself. I don't remember the D3 doing that.

Cheers,
Jon

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Only know as got caught out one day after washing the car and needing to move it and didn't shut the door properly and it would rev but not release the brake but if you manually release it then yeah it will go haha but caught me out.

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

In that senario its a good idea.
I did read once that modern vehicles are designed to unlock doors when an impact reaches a certain G level.Then again you cant believe everything you read on the net;););););)
Andrew

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I know Mercedes has certain things that they do in an after and accident shut fuel off turn hazards on unlock doors and shut windows and sunroof, LR doesn't seem to publish to much about that.

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Originally Posted by nat_89

I was talking to someone about this a while ago and they suggested something to do with being in traffic and someone can't open it and borrow stuff off you I could be wrong but i believe that's what I was told. As you say quite possibly not a great feature in some cases.

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You are correct about it not opening due to traffic etc.

However, you will find that in the even of an accident, all doors will unlock, including the tailgate.

I have drive-away locking enabled, and this was one thing I checked.

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Originally Posted by Basil135

You are correct about it not opening due to traffic etc.

However, you will find that in the even of an accident, all doors will unlock, including the tailgate.

I have drive-away locking enabled, and this was one thing I checked.

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Interesting I wasn't aware of that, as I live in a small country town have that drive away locking turned off. Only reason I know what Mercedes does is j researched the big GL wagon as I nearly purchased it in place of the D4 and Mercedes have a big section on all the things that they do in accidents before and after them it appears LR doesn't have such a big section on it.