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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: BlinGTIes on 18 May 2018, 19:37
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Hi guys,
Just noticed today when driving around the automatic handbrake wouldn’t deactivate when I tried to pull away - both forward and in reverse. Then later in the day it started to happen with the ‘hill stop/start’. Anyone else had this problem or how to fix it?
I have a mk7.5 and only had it 3 months and just done 2,500 miles.
Cheers!
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Door open or auto hold disabled?
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Nope, all doors shut. Happens when auto hold and electronic handbrake on and I go to pull away. Should I be doing that with the electronic handbrake on??? Was told it’s ok as it automatically disengages.
Then I noticed it happens with just the auto hold on when stopped at traffic lights and the brake pedal will end very firm with no give. Very strange.
Think I’ll have to get it checked out. Annoying that it’s intermittent.
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Not sure if this will be the same but on the Nissan Qashqai I have just got rid of if you tried to pull away without applying any revs (not touching the accelerator in traffic) the handbrake would not disengage. Blip the throttle and all would be ok. Of course this only applies to a manual. Not sure what you have.
The auto hold function sounds like it is working ok as it retains the brake pressure applied off the foot brake when you stop. That is why it still feels hard.
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Sounds like you have become familiar with how it should work. What you describe is not right and, sadly for such a new car, means a trip to the dealer.
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I've noticed my 7.5 GTD do this at times. It's annoying but I usually turn off the auto hold and it sorts itself out. It's been doing this on a rare occasion since I got it.
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Any newbies with auto hold auto brake, you shouldn't ever need to touch either. If both are on then once your in the car with your belt on you shouldn't need to touch either until your journey is finished. It holds you on hills/slight inclines/junctions etc and then you just pull away normally. If you can't pull away normally then something's either wrong with the auto hold or worse case you the driver :wink:. Same with the electronic handbrake, it just works so if it doesn't and after checking you're doing everything correctly then it's a fault on the handbrake.
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i have trouble with mine, but i think mines my fault. with me using a hand bar for the brake (with being dissabled) as any slight touch confuses the braking system i think. this sometimes causes the auto hold/handbrake to not turn off and also when moving off cuts the power thus causing me to pull off like a d+++. so maybe you're applying some sort of preasure upon your brake. just a thought. :)
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Thanks guys,it’s been working fine since I had it, just last few days it would feel ‘sticky’ when trying to pull away. So much so I’d have to manually turn them off - and look like a douche because I’ve not pulled away at a junction!
Will call up the dealer and see what they say.
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Mine had a service recall on the handbrake last week, perhaps there is an update for the OP?
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@OP When you try to pull away do you just get off the clutch or also press throttle?
It will not release just with coming off clutch.
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I've noticed my 7.5 GTD do this at times. It's annoying but I usually turn off the auto hold and it sorts itself out. It's been doing this on a rare occasion since I got it.
Same here.It can do it 5 or 6 times in a week.Then not do it again for months.At least there's less danger of someone running into the back of you, since the brake lights stay on.
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Four and a half years, four mk7's, and I've found the parking brake to be pretty good all in all.
I've had the odd patch where it behaved strangely. A few times trying to manoeuvre out of tight spaces on steep hills it has played up and a couple of times trying to pull away from traffic lights it has decided it wasn't having any of it, yet the following day it always behaved flawlessly!
As Watts said, there's a current recall and it might help smooth things out. I had it done on my last service and it has been working very imperceptibly smoothly since.
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@OP When you try to pull away do you just get off the clutch or also press throttle?
It will not release just with coming off clutch.
I was just thinking this the other day. I do tend to lift off clutch a bit first before dabbing the throttle. I tried changing my technique and going throttle first and it seems fine now. Has only been two days but will stick with it, hopefully that’s it.
Not sure about this recall though. Is it serious? I’ve not been contacted.
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@OP When you try to pull away do you just get off the clutch or also press throttle?
It will not release just with coming off clutch.
I was just thinking this the other day. I do tend to lift off clutch a bit first before dabbing the throttle. I tried changing my technique and going throttle first and it seems fine now. Has only been two days but will stick with it, hopefully that’s it.
Not sure about this recall though. Is it serious? I’ve not been contacted.
It's a service recall as in they will do it when you pitch up for something, not in that they contact you. You can always speak to your dealer service dept and they can check for you.
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L've had no problem with my auto hold auto brake and now use most days. I've figured out that I need to have my seat belt on before I start my engine, for it to activate automatically. What I used to do, is get in the car and start the engine before I sort myself out, sort out my seatbelt and in this instance it would not activate automatically.
Q: How does one activate it in those instnces. I've tried pressing the button but it seems not to do anything?
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They changed the behaviour of the handbrake over the years.
It used to be that without the seatbelt on you had to manually release it with the button and once you had done that it wasn't on auto... which was why you'll find horror stories of cars rolling into walls and stuff...
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They changed the behaviour of the handbrake over the years.
It used to be that without the seatbelt on you had to manually release it with the button and once you had done that it wasn't on auto... which was why you'll find horror stories of cars rolling into walls and stuff...
Thanks, that explains that one then.