Hi All,

I have a manual R with Electronic handbrake. I have had a lot of trouble with getting it to work consistently. I have had 2 warranty replacements already (1 for the auto-hold switch, and 1 for the park brake), but I still get caught out on the odd occasion when parking on a hill.

Because I have a manual, I can't manually release the handbrake without having one foot on the brake and one on the clutch, so no matter what I do the car rolls back before I can press the accelerator and release the clutch and thus makes it impossible to perform a 'hill start' properly.

Volkswagen service are somewhat perplexed and have come up with all sorts of questions like whether I am wearing my seat belt, or what sequence I am doing things in, but cannot identify why the issue is intermittent.

Because I have nearly had 2 accidents due to this issue, I am really concerned with the car and am always on edge when on a hill with the auto hold sometimes engaging and sometimes not.

Does anyone else have this issue or does my car have some gremlins in the electronics?

FJ


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