Handbrake problem on A-class
Sylvia Ellis
year old. I am very pleased with it. However recently the handbrake
seems to be not working properly. I will ring the garage on Monday, but
am hoping that there may be a quick fix.
My husband thinks that this may be due to the type of brakes. If so, he
thinks that we should be able to get the car to "self-adjust" them. He
has tried pressing the brake pedal repeatedly but this hasn't fixed the
problem. I have tried Googling, but not found a solution. This is our
first Mercedes, so it could be something obvious that we just don't
know.
Is there something that I can do to get the brake to fix itself? Or does
it need a garage visit?
Sylvia Ellis
sje...@gwalter.demon.co.uk
soso
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moves if it is on a slope or bumpy surface. I think that really pulling
up the handbrake as high as possible helps, but by the time I try this,
the car is usually now on a flat surface. Also I can no longer pull it
up any higher.
Twice recently (while still getting used to the car), I have driven a
few yards with the handbrake on - quickly fixed once the car tells me. I
don't know whether this has contributed to the problem.
Sylvia
In article <402f0a87$0$5870$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au>,
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marlinspike
should? Well, I don't know about the A-class, but if it's anything like all
older Mercedes and all BMW's, the parking brake is NOT self-adjusting. It's
a fairly simple fix, but it has to be adjusted by hand (you have to take the
wheel off, get a bore light, shine into one of the lug nut holes in the
rotor while turning the brake rotor until you see a little adjusting screw
that you adjust with a flathead screwdriver. Any shop can do this, just tell
them it's like the back brakes on an old corvette...wait, you;re in
England...I suppose there aren't many old Corvettes around).
Oh, and I would say it has less to do with driving a yards (presumably at
slowish speeds) that with normal wear on the handbrake (the cables and
springs and such).
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soso
back after you read my next comment. My Aclass handbrake has always never
fully 'engaged' on the first pull. After which I usually use the footbrake
to hold the car but if I pull the handbrake another two clicks it usually
holds without the footbrake on most levels except steep slopes. These cars
sort of have a 'soft' handbrake so the first pull feels tight but isn't is
what I mean. If this doesn't work then back you go to your dealer as someone
might have been practising their handbrake turns. Jim
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I took the car to the dealer who couldn't find anything wrong, and when
I picked the car up, it was parked on a slope, which seems to confirm
this. The dealer hadn't been sure whether the warranty covered it in
case it was an adjustment rather than a fault. They didn't charge. But
it still feels odd when I park it - though different from before I took
it in. I will see whether the problem recurs.
For the record it is an A160 elegance long wheelbase manual, from
December 2002.
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> Sylvia Ellis
> sje...@gwalter.demon.co.uk
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soso
owners. They are -
www.svc.cc & www.baby-benz.com I find them very useful especially svc.
Regards, Jim
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