146skip

What's your effectiveness of your emergency brake / hand brake if you apply it while moving.....because mine us absolutely useless, barely slows the car down even if I put my knee out pushing the peddle down.

Zavato

it's not an emergency brake- it's a parking brake!!

146skip

If you pull the hand brake on a standard, conventional system you'll lock the back wheels but here nothing.

146skip

I have a 1.7 ton caravan to pull with this car, and I don't fancy having all that weight sitting in the park brake notch alone.

konigstiger

For peace of mind have it checked, manual reads:

jylee

Buy some blocks, the parking brake cannot hold your trailer.

146skip

Exactly....I bought it from Jaguar garage who is a franchise dealer for merc's too. It passed an MOT of theirs even though I'd told them about the hand brake! They just replied that they are all like that....

I had an E39 BMW and that was the same..I took to stripping the brakes, cleaning and replacing the shoes and....there we go, working hand brake.

146skip

Out came the tools, trolley jack etc......

Rear brakes stripped, cleaned, adjusted and rebuilt......and

I now have a bloody working hand brake. Very easy to do....7mm Allen key, 18mm ring spanner, flat screwdriver and a torex of which I dont recall the size.....

If I do again, and I may because rear pads aren't great, I'll take pictures and post.

Cheers

Ian