The manual confirmed one should pull over and stop. Anyway we got bored quickly with that! So we went to carry on. But upon attempting to move off Parking brake would not release!
Now we could see at least there was a problem.
Found the emergency parking release lever in boot. It took one wussy pull and one strong pull accompanied with clunk and slight rolling of car forward to release it.
Drove to Lidl Stillorgan. No parking brake. So hills interesting. No excitement though. Parked in gear and wheels to kerb. At shops and at home. Parking brake remained in error and refused to do anything. Red light on brake flashing.
The internet has various causes detailed. From EPB unit replace or motor replace 600 or 400 euros to . . Cable seized. Or fuse. Or low battery. Found fuse well hidden under passenger seat (Take out the drawer under the passenger seat. The white 25A fuse is the parking brake one.). Taking that out, examining and replacing has changed behaviour from parking brake not doing anything to it trying to go on but failing. Can hear motor weakly. So wethinks cold weather and battery.
Occam's razor. It's always most likely to be a simple problem!
The fuses under drawer under passenger seat.
Thanks to the internet for advice!
But FIRST check it is not just low battery.
We need to fix up the internet a bit.
Time passed . . .
James drove around happily without handbrake, Fionnuala was a bit more reluctant. Santa Claus came.
Three months later ...
Feb 2016
THE description of the handbrake system and problems they have is worth a read and repair by http://www.parkingbrakerepair was good for us.
We got these guys in wales to fix it and local garage took off and re-installed the parking brake unit for us. http://www.parkingbrakerepair.
Costs:
The local garage did job for ? 50? Or maybe 20 euros. Read the notes on what mechanic should do when removing and re-installing!
Shipping to/from wales: ? Don't have cost
Cost of repair: 150 sterling(get a quote from parkingbrakerepair.com)
Renault parking brake . . . . Official repair would cost:
Chapelizod 107euros per hour Diagnostic test first.
Maybe full unit would not have to be replaced but if it was then 500 or 600 for new unit. (+service labour)
I have also sent 3 more queries to 2nd hand parts places.
It's a pretty well known failure.
very interesting: https://
e.g. mail order fix 150 pound sterling. https://parkingbrakerepair.
Will see if anything comes back from them before going to Renault Chapelizod.
J.
. . . The part was not available
. . . . Many years passed (two years) . . .
March 2019
Fionnuala's brother's car stuck in middle of junction with broken parking brake. The pull cable to release brake in their car didn't have a plastic toggle on the end though!
The parkingbrakerepair.com guys now have facebook: https://m.facebook.com/bluechipautotronics/?_rdc=1&_rdr
The parkingbrakerepair.com guys now have facebook: https://m.facebook.com/bluechipautotronics/?_rdc=1&_rdr
2 comments:
in the end we got these guys in wales to fix it and local garage took off and re-installred the parking brake unit for us. http://www.parkingbrakerepair.com/renault-parking-brakes/
It's not worth repair really if selling on car as dealer price for old car won't be all that different whether it has problems or not!
However description of problem they have is worth a read and repair by them was good for us.
in the end we got these guys in wales to fix it and local garage took off and re-installed the parking brake unit for us. http://www.parkingbrakerepair.com/renault-parking-brakes/
Costs:
The local garage did job for ? 50? Or maybe 20 euros. Read the notes on what mechanic should do when removing and re-installing!
Shipping to/from wales: ? Don't have cost
Cost of repair: 150 sterling(get a quote from parkingbrakerepair.com)
Renault parking brake . . . .
Chapelizod 107euros per hour Diagnostic test first.
Maybe full unit would not have to be replaced but if it was then 500 or 600 for new unit. (+service labour)
I have also sent 3 more queries to 2nd hand parts places.
It's a pretty well known failure.
very interesting: https://parkingbrakerepair.com/repairing-renault-grand-scenic-electronic-parking-brake
e.g. mail order fix 150 pound sterling. https://parkingbrakerepair.com/renault-grand-scenic.html
Will see if anything comes back from them before going to Renault Chapelizod.
J.
http://www.renaultforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=134347
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_jsoff=1&_nkw=scenic+electronic+handbrake+controller&_sop=15
http://www.renaultforums.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-111434.html
http://www.euretechblog.com/2015/10/renault-scenic-ii-parking-brake-failure.html
http://www.bba-reman.com/content.aspx?content=Renault_Megane_Laguna_Electronic_Parking_Brake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjtk531yjM
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