Hand brake clunk on Cup

[Jon1978]

Hi there,

My car gets driven once a week. It is parked in a garage the rest of the time. When I get the car out, I get a clunk as I take the hand brake off, and it feels like it is still on! And the car has to get over the brake!

I cant leave the handbrake off as the garage slopes towards the door... I have tried leaving it in third with brake off, but it still rolls....

Any thoughts?

 

[Tom]

its perfectly normal.

chocks?

 

[JAY172]

its the damp causes the pads to stick to the discs if the vehicle is left stood for a while with the handbrake on.no known repair that i know of.

 

[Chris1.4RT]

does that every morning in my saxo. car parked outside on drive, hand brake on not too tight but enough to prevent car rolling back. old rt did the same, just slight rust building up through over night damp. rust develops really quick on brakes, ever noticed it when you wash your car?

 

[JAY172]

drum brakes dont suffer from it/can be prevented due to the braking surfaces are protected from the weather as they are inside the drum.discs however are exposed so you get the problem.maybe if renault changed the pad material they could cure it but they havent yet.

 

[BenR]

yup, just surface rust which is perfectly normal.

 

[Djw John]

Any car if left knowing it wont be moved for a while ive left in either first or reverse depending on which way the hill is. The car will move very slightly but not very much at all.

 

[MarkCup]

Get exactly the same every single morning...