Thread: Electric park brake

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Not exactly on topic but when i collected my D3 from previous owner he showed me how to release the handbrake, now 6 weeks later it occurred to m that i have never seen the a telltale light on the dash to tell me that the handbrake is applied ?
I don't apply it as i had assume it was applied once i selected park but this may have been turned off in the settings, or have i got this wrong ?

No, you haven't got it wrong, there is a setting in the CCF ( = Car Configuration Files ??) where it can be set to apply when you remove the car keys.

I thought I saw this the other day, so I just went and checked with the GAP IID Tool and there it is.

Lots of other interesting stuff too, I might add.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Well I tried mine & it's quiet in High Range but makes a definite screech in Low Range, even after several tries, so I've asked my mechanic to adjust it next week, I hope that makes a difference.

Update: The cleaning and adjusting didn't last long, as the hand brake started to not release properly, binding on the R.H. drum, caused a shudder while driving, so I had the whole mechanism replaced. It's very quiet now in both High & Low range. I still think there is a difference in tension/torque applied Hi vs Lo range as a few weeks after the new mechanism install, I noticed it scraping slightly while driving with the window down in a multi-storey car park, I stopped, put it in Low applied the EPB and the scraping hasn't re-appeared.