electronic handbrake

[perrymatt]

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]

That's the emergency brake, totally normal just don't make a habit of it!


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[zollaf]

lol, its how you test to see if the bloke behind can stop as quick as you can

[perrymatt]

luckily there was no one behind think i left some brown skid marks on the road though

[Whippy53]

luckily there was no one behind think i left some brown skid marks on the road though

Just on the road huh?

[JimC64]

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]

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]

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]

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!