Originally Posted by
St3V3_C
Yea, my old Vectra was like this.
OP, had he been caning the car before parking up? Still wouldn't say it was his fault, just interested if it makes enough difference to mean the problem is not so common.
Hi thanks for the reply's
yeh I would guess enthusiastically driven the 20 miles there would be correct statement
It is an ST after all and yes as I said, I grew up in the late 70s and 80s with Mk1 escorts with no handbrake to speak off the day it passed an MOT
But you would have thought a brand new car and new top spec design would be bomb proof. and if the brake was fit for purpose at the point it was parked, it would stay that way.. He is a 22 year old fit lad, not some weak bimbo or elderly lady after all so must have put some effort into pulling on the handbrake. After all it was a good 20 mins after parking up when it rolled off on a very slight incline. God forbid if it had been a 1 in 4
I believe it is the reason automatic applied electric servo brakes are coming in to apply more force, although they are not fool proof after work colleagues manual Passat rolled off while he was signing in at security and rolled off into a JCB with keys in his hand