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I have a 1999 1.8 Vauxhall Zafira. I recently had new brake pads, discs, callipers and finally a complete set of cables. I still have no handbrake, any ideas?
I've got a 51-reg Vauxhall Corsa SXI. If it's parked on a hill the handbrake goes up eight clicks before it will even begin to hold the car. I know they're meant to self-adjust and only go up three clicks....
The button on the handbrake in my 2003 BMW 325Ci is stuck pushed in, and as such I can no longer get it to grab when I pull it up. Is there a way I can fix this myself?
My Renault Scenic recently had an issue where the handbrake cut in and would not allow the car to move. After contacting the dealer we were told to drive it backwards and forwards, as this would release...
The button is sticking on the inside of the handbrake.
My wife needs to replace her Peugeot 206 automatic. It suits her because, due to arthritis, she is unable to press the button on the gear lever used to unlock the park mode. Instead, the brake pedal has...
I have a new Vauxhall Meriva with a push button brake. Three times now we have pranged it when moving off on an incline. On one occasion I had to get out and wave the traffic behind to pass. Then, when...
The parking brake on my Honda Jazz (58 plate, 9000 miles) does not hold the car on anything more than a modest uphill slope. The dealer has "adjusted" it twice and checked it on the 'roller'. He says it...
Our 1999 Peugeot 406 just locked up the parking brake in our driveway, so we can't move it at all. How can we get it released in order to take it in for repairs? I haven't taken the wheels off because...
I have been reading the forum items on electric parking brakes and some people are very much against them. Have you got a view?