disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
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Hi all, got in car this morning at 6.30 to go to work and got park brake fault with the amber and red P illuminated. My question is if i pull the emergency release cable do i need to get that reset???
Cheers
Rob
PS. brakes stuck on and wont release. VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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 4th Jan 2011 9:49 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
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Anyone ??? just need to get it fixed so i can sell the bag of s  and wash my hands of Land Rover for good VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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| 4th Jan 2011 10:24 pm |
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Tawny Owl
Member Since: 22 Oct 2008
Location: Here and there
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Not 100% sure Rob but released one the other day and after reapplying the EPB all was well.
The EPB worked ok and the warning lights went out , it will of probably stored a fault code though
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| 4th Jan 2011 10:38 pm |
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Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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My recollection is vague, but I thought it reset itself with the next normal application of the parking brake.
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| 4th Jan 2011 10:40 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 62
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Thanks for the replies, had a look on disco3club and they seem to be saying the same, so when i get 5 mins ill give it a go.
Cheers
Rob VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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Swift Conqueror 645 Lux
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| 4th Jan 2011 10:58 pm |
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Tawny Owl
Member Since: 22 Oct 2008
Location: Here and there
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Drop Bodsy a pm , he's your man for the EPB 
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| 4th Jan 2011 11:03 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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not sure whether there's something in the water, but a suprising number of 54-06 plated D3's hitting BCA this next week and quite a number of the dealership have stock around on auto trader/ebay for 4-5 months (if you look at the background enviroment on the photos), so not suprised by your comments, perhaps this where prices will start to finally stumble 
ps, the majority of BCA' stock on the D3's seem to be from "we buy any car.com" and majority of them are quite low mileage ones (sub 50k miles) 
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| 4th Jan 2011 11:12 pm |
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DaveS
Member Since: 15 Aug 2009
Location: Weybridge
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Why not read the handbook? It tells you at the end of the description of how to release the brake that "the parkbrake switch must be applied to reinstate normal function."
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| 4th Jan 2011 11:14 pm |
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Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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character wrote:wot you rit
I cannot see the EPB seeing an end to high prices mate. 5 year old D3 HSE still worth 55% of its purchase price Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 4th Jan 2011 11:18 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 62
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Ive just joined the "pulled the epb emergency release cable club" , my handbrake now consists of two bricks in front of the wheels, classy motors these D3's a. VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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| 5th Jan 2011 9:46 pm |
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Rob, SUggest you get it looked at ASAP. Did it Squeal or just lock on the once? Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 5th Jan 2011 10:59 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 62
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No squeel, just got in car and it said "park brake fault" and woulnt release. Its going back into the dealers on Thursday, if it turns out to be the actuator it will be the 5th time its been changed in around 4 months, now you can see why im peed off with it. VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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| 6th Jan 2011 10:07 pm |
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Discoed
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: Yorkshire
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Oh for a lovely simple manual handbrake! I have a similar issue at the moment. I find that turning off and letting it sleep then turning back on again seems to do the trick. Often only happens on damp mornings but I am getting a little miffed by the EPB.
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| 6th Jan 2011 10:30 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 62
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Why couldnt they have done a simple handbrake, and then they put the same thing on a D4..... unbelievable. VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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Swift Conqueror 645 Lux
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| 6th Jan 2011 10:56 pm |
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disco rob
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 62
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Car been at dealers for two days, finally tonight they say they have fixed it  then they take it out to road test it and the piece of breaks down on them ,,  chap said it could be the fuel pump or something simple like a blown fuse,,,, i said "something simple on a Land Rover" ...." i dont think so do you", he just grinned. Im only trying to fix it to get shot of it. VW Touareg 3.0 Altitude
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| 14th Jan 2011 8:56 pm |
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