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It is also an emergency braking system, its not as vicous as all that as it wont lock the rear wheels.
This is what it says in manual and it true no handbrake turns on snow covered car park
Dynamic braking when vehicle ismovingand theswitch is kept pulled, a warningchime will sound and the electricalparking brake system will deceleratethe vehicle, but will not applystatically.
As soon as the switch m is released,dynamic braking will be stopped.
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This is what it says in manual and it true no handbrake turns on snow covered car park
Dynamic braking when vehicle ismovingand theswitch is kept pulled, a warningchime will sound and the electricalparking brake system will deceleratethe vehicle, but will not applystatically.
As soon as the switch m is released,dynamic braking will be stopped.
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I have a question about the electric hand brake - how do you do hill starts with a manual transmission? On my test drive I could not figure out how to avoid rolling back because the parking brake de-activated as soon as I touched the accellerator.
Are you supposed to hold the parking brake switch up while you do a hill start (as you would if it was a normal hand brake)?
Are you supposed to hold the parking brake switch up while you do a hill start (as you would if it was a normal hand brake)?
The problem I had was that as soon as I touched the accelerator to get the revs up enough to do a hill start , the parking brake disengaged and the car rolled back. This happened before I had a chance to find the biting point.
Maybe it's because I passed my test a long time ago, but the way I was taught to do hill starts is as follows:
Maybe it's because I passed my test a long time ago, but the way I was taught to do hill starts is as follows:
- With the hand brake on, press the clutch and select first gear,
- With your left hand, hold the hand brake on with the button depressed,
- Gently press the accelerator to increase the engine revs,
- Slowly let the clutch out until you reach the biting point,
- Release the hand brake at this point, and slowly let the clutch out to pull away.
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This is what the owner's manual says.
So it would appear you should first press the foot brake, then release the hand brake and then move your foot to the accelerator pedal and you will have 2 seconds to hit the gas before the car starts to roll backwards.
Hugo
I think you'll find the hand brake releases as the accelerator pedel is pressed, rather than when the clutch is released and the biting point is reached.
If you have a play, you can trick the car into releasing the hand brake by reving the accelerator ever so slightly, yet at other times, if I let the clutch bite without applying enough revs, the parking brake won't release.
I think you'll find the hand brake releases as the accelerator pedel is pressed, rather than when the clutch is released and the biting point is reached.
If you have a play, you can trick the car into releasing the hand brake by reving the accelerator ever so slightly, yet at other times, if I let the clutch bite without applying enough revs, the parking brake won't release.
I think I will just have to play with it for a bit when I pick the car up on Saturday. I was a bit concerned because the dealer did not explain it very well before my test drive and I couldn't figure it out in the short time I had to drive one.
I just want to make sure I know what I am doing before I start towing, as I don't want to be rolling backwards with a caravan hitched up. I tried looking at a few online forums but every discussion seems to descend into a luddite fest.
I just want to make sure I know what I am doing before I start towing, as I don't want to be rolling backwards with a caravan hitched up. I tried looking at a few online forums but every discussion seems to descend into a luddite fest.
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Try this Hugo when having a play.
Facing uphill keeping foot on brake release handbrake manually.
Now when you take foot off brake pedal, should be about two seconds before you roll backwards.
Facing uphill keeping foot on brake release handbrake manually.
Now when you take foot off brake pedal, should be about two seconds before you roll backwards.
I don't often use my handbrake but mine doesn't release on just pressing the gas pedal. On my journey to work there are traffic lights on a hill, I always get a red!! I have mine in neutral, with the brake pressed, (no handbrake) clutch in, select 1st, off brake and over to gas peddle, no roll back at all.
I had renault that had electronic handbrake, I found that after 18k miles I needed new pads and disks just on the back I put it down to the way the electronic disengaged, so on the Antara I knock it off myself.
I had renault that had electronic handbrake, I found that after 18k miles I needed new pads and disks just on the back I put it down to the way the electronic disengaged, so on the Antara I knock it off myself.
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