Thread: Brakes Binding, or Safety Feature?

It's not a hill hold is it?

My Audi also holds the brakes, but I'd only noticed it stops the car rolling backward due to the dual clutch transmission not holding on hills as it is more of a computer controlled manual gearbox rather than an auto.

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Brakes Binding, or Safety Feature?

When I carefully back the D4 into my garage, each time I take my foot off the brakes intending to "idle" rearwards, there is a short but definite hesitation until the brakes release.

I have become used to it/quite like it but unsure if it is a quasi safety feature, or as my trusty spanner man intimated, possibly an adjustment issue with my EPB.

Comments from the wise? Car has only done 60K km and virtually all urban running.

Mine has always done it. I notice when driving up inclines like a driveway it'll hold. I get caught out when driving my mates cruiser. It'll roll back as soon as you let go of the throttle pedal. It might in the brakes or the tranny. I dunno.

Must be a European thing
My 2012 VW transporter does the same thing
Hill start control I think the technical term for it
Holds for about 4-5 seconds or realeases when you take your foot off the clutch

It’s caught out the apprentices over the years, one of them couldn’t work out what was happening and stuck his head under the steering wheel to check the pedals an the hand brake
The car started rolling and he had his head stuck
Lucky for him the hill tapered out quickly and there was a forklift parked up that stopped him
Lucky for me I had a rear step installed with the tow bar when I bought the van, saved the rear door

Should not be the EPB Gav, as you need to physically pull up the switch to engage it. Could be a hill start type feature. I don't know if the later D4s have this. And this should not activate if you're on level ground as your garage would be I'd? I'd be checking the caliper slides anyway, could be a pad sticking.

My MY14 does the same. Our drive slopes up to the garage and we reverse park. It results in a bit of a jerky manoeuvre.

Originally Posted by kelvo

My MY14 does the same. Our drive slopes up to the garage and we reverse park. It results in a bit of a jerky manoeuvre.

Whenever I need to reverse slowly, I engage low range. Very controllable!