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perrymatt
02-05-2013, 10:28 AM
last night i was on my way home at around 50mph when i mistook the handbrake switch for a window switch the car made a nasty grinding noise and broke hard the car seems fine now, dont these electronic handbrakes have a cut off over certain speeds
Guest 2
02-05-2013, 10:29 AM
That's the emergency brake, totally normal just don't make a habit of it!
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zollaf
02-05-2013, 12:00 PM
lol, its how you test to see if the bloke behind can stop as quick as you can :)
perrymatt
02-05-2013, 02:12 PM
luckily there was no one behind think i left some brown skid marks on the road though ;)
Whippy53
02-05-2013, 02:16 PM
luckily there was no one behind think i left some brown skid marks on the road though ;)
Just on the road huh?
JimC64
02-05-2013, 02:34 PM
last night i was on my way home at around 50mph when i mistook the handbrake switch for a window switch the car made a nasty grinding noise and broke hard the car seems fine now, dont these electronic handbrakes have a cut off over certain speeds
Lol @ some of your comments, not your situation though.
Thanks for testing it out and glad to know it works A ok as it should.
I assume all is well and we'll hear if anything different transpires?
Cheers
perrymatt
03-05-2013, 01:53 PM
had it checked out at Audi it is fine apparently it is eu legislation that if the driver falls ill the passenger can stop the car ?
ukgroucho
04-05-2013, 06:40 PM
Yes it is a standard feature - the C6 has it as well (yes I read most of my old owners manual when I got the car).
However, in 8 years of ownership I've never had the desire to test it. Well DONE!
robbyg
06-05-2013, 08:57 PM
All electric handbrake cars do this. I always experiment when i have a hire car... Never tried it about 10 mph in the A6.
The grinding noise is your ABS brakes working overtime!
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