As is always the way I'm away working and the car develops a problem apparently the dashboard is saying the handbrake is stuck on I ask her if she had used the handbrake switch and she said she had but didn't seem 100% and said she's going to try again tomorrow . Anyone had this issue before or know of anything related hopefully i'll be home on Saturday to have a look L322 2008 vogue
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Is the hand brake actually stuck on or is it just an erroneous message ?
If you take the right hand cover off in the boot there is a wire loop you pull to release a stuck hand brake ,it's on the back of the wheel arch next to where your warning triangle slots . 2008 MY Supercharged
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But for gods sake... ONLY use that as a last resort!!!

Check your wife has her foot on the brake whilst dis engaging H brake etc etc before you go down the emergency pull route sir

What happens to the brake when you pull that ?? And what is needed to "correct" the issue after pulling it ??? MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
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If all is well then nothing bad will happen Eugene... The H Brake should reset with 2 or 3 cycles... Its when it seizes your issues start! They are pretty good at self distructing too as the “Stop” is removed when you pull the emergency release... I have to add, all quite rare! BUT we all know how sods law will come along and deal you a blow, when your away and the wife has the car

My point was to tell her to take her time & logically run through the usual routine to dis engage the H brake... Most cases you will find a little bit of panic will overrun all logic & reason where hubby’s car is concerned... Certainly does in my house

If all else fails, get the AA man to pull the release!

Good luck

 MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Cheers guys I guess I'll tell her she's banned from my car lol I will also tell her to leave it until I get home L322 2008 vogue
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Got back from work early ,so I had a look and when you go to start it comes up with handbrake fault and won't start I thought I would do the simple things first and have a look at fuses but the glovebox wouldn't open ? So starts taking apart the dash to try and fix that problem and found it nearly impossible to get open s had the obligatory brew then thought about it and thought it could be a low voltage problem for the glove box so chucked a charger on and it reads 60% charge so left it on charge and thumped the glove box and it opened ? Now just waiting for the battery to charge fully anyone got any more suggestions L322 2008 vogue
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sounds like battery problems then......

charge it, all may well go back to normal  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Well a new battery charger revealed it only had 300amps and it stayed at 60% for three hours so being as it was the original battery I bought a new one for halfrauds with a lifetime warranty for £159 put it on and jumped to life straight away L322 2008 vogue
R53 Cooper S Works tuned beyond the works SOLD
R33 Nissan Skyline in rebuild 400bhp atw