Electronic Park Brake Fault

[rotelman]

Hey Guys,

Having trouble with intermittent Hand brake faults. About 1 in 10 times I get in the car and turn on the ignition and before I touch anyting I get a " Hand Brake Failure , See owners manual" on the MFD.

If I press the handbrade button the handbrake will not release. The only way I can get the handbrake off is to remove the key completely and then turn back on. Most times everything is working fine again. I have also had it where, after pulling up and to park I get the same message and I can't get the hand brake ON. Solution is the same by removing the key and re starting, I can get it to engage.

I just had the 30,000km service and mentioned the problem but they said they could not fault it?? They said there was also no errors reported in the computer. I have booked it in again for them to look at in a couple of weeks but if anyone has seen this before, I may be able to give the dealer some direction.

If I get permanently stuck somewhere I will be might pissed!

Thanks

Rotelman

[R36]

Hey Guys,

Having trouble with intermittent Hand brake faults. About 1 in 10 times I get in the car and turn on the ignition and before I touch anyting I get a " Hand Brake Failure , See owners manual" on the MFD.

If I press the handbrade button the handbrake will not release. The only way I can get the handbrake off is to remove the key completely and then turn back on. Most times everything is working fine again. I have also had it where, after pulling up and to park I get the same message and I can't get the hand brake ON. Solution is the same by removing the key and re starting, I can get it to engage.

I just had the 30,000km service and mentioned the problem but they said they could not fault it?? They said there was also no errors reported in the computer. I have booked it in again for them to look at in a couple of weeks but if anyone has seen this before, I may be able to give the dealer some direction.

If I get permanently stuck somewhere I will be might pissed!

Thanks

Rotelman

Hi - I had the same problem which gradually got worse. It was finally fixed by replacing the handbrake button (part # 3C0927225CREH).

[Magooligum]

I've also had my park brake button replaced now hopfully I'll not have a problem again.

[guthrie]

I have had two park brake button replacements... fixed under warranty but annoying none the less.

[Lams]

We've had two also. They're $94 each. Annoying.

I sent my mother to a skid pan day for her bday (she likes this stuff), she took the passat and it was a total waste of time

[V6Passat]

mmmm cool mum!

BTW, How do you do a handbrake turn with a push button job?

[Guest1306]

Nope, sorry, bulletin was Golf, Jetta & Tiguan only, no mention of Passat. A trip to the Service Deparment I think...

[team_v]

Dermot,

Could you advise when the bulletin was sent out fo the Tiguan?
Mine is due to arrive next week so i want to make sure the dealer checks the handbrake issue has been rectified.

Cheers

[team_v]

The bulletin was released last week. But my understanding is that the bulletin was not an all out recall, it only affected specific vehicles which showed a fault, odds are, yours is not affected. I wouldnt worry, there are a million bulletins every week, if you tried to ask your dealer to cover them all he would probably crack.

Only return it if there is, but I have not personally seen one affected since they were released in 2008.

Cool,
Thanks for the info Dermot, much appreciated.
Won't bother them about it unless it throws a fault code.

[Jmac]

Dont forget if you fit a new switch it wont clear the fault, nor will clearing it with a scanner. You will need to do a terminal 30 reset to do it properly.
Jmac