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    The way it was explained to me, in the event of an emergency you pull the lever up and hold it there and the car will pull up gradually. I guess if the rear was to lock up as in a normal handbrakey you'd likely lose control and spin out.

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    The new corvette has an Electronic Brake and no one seems to care?
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    My Bentley has an electronic parking brake and it works.
    It has the benefit of letting you drive off and it automatically releases.

    Maybe we should all start whining again about space saver spares that are used happily all over the world except for Australia where we believe the gumph a few motoring writers make up about them.

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    According to the ever reliable (for a given value of reliable) source of Top Gear (TV), you can't use an electronic handbrake on a Bentley for handbrake turns on a rally stage
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    Quote Originally Posted by elephino View Post
    According to the ever reliable (for a given value of reliable) source of Top Gear (TV), you can't use an electronic handbrake on a Bentley for handbrake turns on a rally stage
    Thanks i'll keep that in mind for the next Rally i enter.
    The electric brake does work as an emergency though, but i dont have a complete brake failure most weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger11 View Post
    The electric brake does work as an emergency though, but i dont have a complete brake failure most weeks.
    Were you in an emergency situation where you needed to use it? How did it perform vs a traditional handbrake? Once you click the switch up, do all the brakes apply or is it just the rears?

    Also, what happens if you have a dead battery and need to release the brake?
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    What we all refer to as a handbrake or emergency brake is a parking brake as far as the ADRs are concerned. As far as the ADRs are concerned, It has one use only, and that is to stop the vehicle from moving when parked. This change happened when the ARDs required dual circuit braking systems to be provided on new vehicles. With two isolated braking circuits, the argument went along the lines of what was the chance that both circuits would be damaged and fail. As a result, the handbrake was seen as redundant when it came to being a backup emergency brake and renamed a parking brake.

    Interesting thing is that to get a "pink slip" in NSW (roadworthy certificate) in NSW, the tester must stop the vehicle from a set speed using the handbrake only...sorry parking brake.

    The issue with what we have on VWs now is that the braking system is operated in a way that was never envisaged when the rules were written. Yes, the braking system can be activated to hold the vehicle on a hill with the foot brake off for a period of from 2 seconds through to 3 minutes depending on what VW call it. Then, the brakes will release immediately and the clutch engagement procedure will commence when either accelerator position has changed or according to a programmed transition sequence depending on what VW call it.

    So the next question. Does an electronic parking brake operate fia the hydraulics or is ot simply an electronic way of operating a mechanical cable operated braking system? If the vehicle is in motion will it lock the wheels or will ABS kick in and prevent wheel locking?

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    Surely there must be a video of a car journo testing this out somewhere...

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    Ok have found some videos that might give a little more understanding on how it works:


    MY10 Passat with EPB. You need VCDS or similar tool in order to change the parking brake pads (not sure you'd wear them out that quickly though... or are they the same as the normal brake pads?)






    Usage video with safety features:




    I can't find anything on what happens if you try to enable the parking brake while in motion.

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