HANDBRAKE error? error by car buyer who could not check what he was buying'

[ITSTEAPOT]

Hi just taken delivery of a Match 1.6 diesel with DSG box, so far so good well screwed together and gearbox great, However if you press the foot-brake, revs drop and gearbox does not pull. Sit at a junction etc for more than 30secs or more and I always apply handbrake, now for the BIG FAULT the handbrake is not connected to the electronics so the car revs, pulls and strains. Have just parted with a C4 Picasso with auto which was all sorted. Never had a chance to drive the auto as the dealers never had one, now I am stuck with this very annoying fault. "Oh yes it does that" says the sales guy the day after I collect it, Bugger 

[Jimmymature]

Hi just taken delivery of a Match 1.6 diesel with DSG box, so far so good well screwed together and gearbox great, However if you press the foot-brake, revs drop and gearbox does not pull. Sit at a junction etc for more than 30secs or more and I always apply handbrake, now for the BIG FAULT the handbrake is not connected to the electronics so the car revs, pulls and strains. Have just parted with a C4 Picasso with DSG which was all sorted. Never had a chance to drive the auto as the dealers never had one, now I am stuck with this very annoying fault. "Oh yes it does that" says the sales guy the day after I collect it, Bugger 

If you always apply the handbrake just push it into Neutral, annoying 'fault' fixed 



Jim

[Snoopy]

Happens with nearly all autos.

[The Doc]

Happens with nearly all autos.

Agreed on cars with manual handbrakes, but not on vehicles with electric handbrakes which his Citroen would have had 

[ITSTEAPOT]

Just a bit disappointed as it would have been an easy fix taking a feed from a switch on handbrake.
Plus had several autos, they don't all pull and creep when handbrake applied. 

[Neil gti]

Not a problem for me, just knock it into neutral as said above,
i never use the handbake at traffic lights etc, usually sit with foot rested on the brake and in neutral, slip back into D when ready and away you go 

[The Doc]

Not a problem for me, just knock it into neutral as said above,
i never use the handbake at traffic lights etc, usually sit with foot rested on the brake and in neutral, slip back into D when ready and away you go 

+1 

[evo1986]

User error nothing else, leaving it drive is like trying to pull away in a manual car with handbrake on. Try the N

[ITSTEAPOT]

User error nothing else, leaving it drive is like trying to pull away in a manual car with handbrake on. Try the N

Err not quite more like manufacturer error, a minor thing that really annoys every time I stop. Oh well my fault for not insisting on a test drive in an auto.
A great car...................but.

[Hurdy]

It isn't an auto though!

Some normal slushboxes with a torque converter will be happy to take the abuse, but not a dual sequential 'box