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Nov 29th, 2018, 09:40 | #1 |
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V70 Handbrake usage
Morning all,
My V70 (2013 D4) sits on the drive Monday to Friday and is only used at the weekends. my query is, should I leave it parked every week with the handbrake on or off? when I took it out on Saturday morning I engaged the parking brake on an incline after driving about 5 miles and as the brake took the strain the nsr of car lifted higher than the right, suggesting an imbalanced braking force. this has only happened once but I worry that leaving the parking brake on all week will have an adverse effect on its function but then again so might leaving it off all week. Any suggestions, apart from going out every night and putting it on / off again to keep it exercised. Terry |
Nov 29th, 2018, 09:47 | #2 | |
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Nov 29th, 2018, 09:57 | #3 |
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Apart from the obvious risk, I didn't realise it was illegal to not use the handbrake. My drive is perfectly flat and if left in gear it would have no chance of moving, that's the only reason I gave it a thought. |
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I think if you leave it off the water will stay between pads and discs and make a corrosion patch , discs rust within 20 minutes these days .
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Nov 29th, 2018, 11:48 | #5 |
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You don't have to apply your handbrake if on your drive, the law only applies to roadside parking. (Highway code rule 239)
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Nov 29th, 2018, 12:28 | #6 |
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there isn't any point in leaving it off really .
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Nov 29th, 2018, 12:31 | #7 |
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I also tended not to bother with the EPB and just put the transmission into "P" but it was pointed out to me that if I didn't use the EPB for a period of time, the electrically powered screw drive could rust and jam the parking brakes so that they wouldn't work and that would be an MoT failure even if I never wanted to use them. So now I always apply the parking brakes and struggle with the stupid position of the brake switch!
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