Was it Renault?

macafee2 · 7th January 2021, 10:30

what is the Renault Laguna that hand handbrake problems on early models, it would not always hold on a hill and the car would roll?

macafee2

first-things-first · 7th January 2021, 11:56

Citroen Xantia's had this issue.

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/for...ic.php?t=24643

bendrick · 7th January 2021, 11:59

I'm sure that you must be thinking of my old box type Viva circa 1979, my first car, that I bought for £60.

It rolled backwards down hills even when I was driving it never mind when parked, Didn't really have much of a floor and lasted about six weeks before having to be scrapped.

Whether Renault brought out a similar version I've no idea.

coab · 7th January 2021, 15:42

The mk3 Mondeo had a recall in 2001 as they had a tendency to roll away whist your in the house!

kelvo · 7th January 2021, 15:50

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Originally Posted by first-things-first

Citroen Xantia's had this issue.

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/for...ic.php?t=24643

My dad once had a Citroen CX and the handbrake on that worked on the front wheels. It was a heck of a thing to set up if I recall correctly due to eccentric cams and levers which needed to be adjusted correctly. Could only be Citroen who came up with that.

I'm surprised how many of these cars now with electric parking brakes do not automatically apply when you turn the ignition off and leave the car. We used to have a VW Passat at work and someone parked that and must have forgot to apply the brake and it rolled across the car-park.

The Renault Laguna we had for a while did apply automatically when leaving the car I think.

SCP440 · 7th January 2021, 17:28

My MOT tester was telling me a lot of cars fail on poor handbrake, a combination of reason but his theory Automatic drivers rarely apply it and a lot of cars have a poor design that barely worked even when new. He was working on a Renault automatic recently and he had to replace almost everything as he reckoned the last time it had been used was for the last MOT and it was marginal then.

LeRich · 7th January 2021, 18:01

Some Vauxhalls have had issues (early 00s Vectra and Signum) plus various French cars.

torque2me · 7th January 2021, 18:18

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Originally Posted by SCP440

My MOT tester was telling me a lot of cars fail on poor handbrake, a combination of reason but his theory Automatic drivers rarely apply it and a lot of cars have a poor design that barely worked even when new. He was working on a Renault automatic recently and he had to replace almost everything as he reckoned the last time it had been used was for the last MOT and it was marginal then.

As you know Steve, the ZT/ZTT is notorious for this issue. All for the sake of asking BMW if they could use yet another of their parts!

Kev

bikerdude666 · 7th January 2021, 18:22

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Originally Posted by kelvo

I'm surprised how many of these cars now with electric parking brakes do not automatically apply when you turn the ignition off and leave the car. We used to have a VW Passat at work and someone parked that and must have forgot to apply the brake and it rolled across the car-park.

It is a bit of a surprise, it's a feature we have on the fork trucks at work, though in that scenario it can be annoying. As soon as your weight is off the seat it applies the handbrake, and then you have to press the button on the armrest to disengage it again.

SCP440 · 7th January 2021, 19:07

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Originally Posted by torque2me

As you know Steve, the ZT/ZTT is notorious for this issue. All for the sake of asking BMW if they could use yet another of their parts!

Kev

After recently having to help my son with his E91 BMW handbrake I dont think it would have been any better. The adjuster is reached through the wheel bolt holes. After an hour of fiddling I got it to a place where it would pass but in my opinion was no better than one of our cars.

At least with our cars there is a well documented way of getting our handbrakes fixed cheaply.

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