Mike97

I am going to take it out and have a look at it as I don't trust it now have made a block of wood to sit under the lever just encase. Don't know if anything is serviceable as diagrams look like a whole unit.

yeah see no one knows do you pull it up letting it click or press the button🤣I have always just yanked it up on all cars but read the handbrake problem few years ago and most said press the button or it wears it away. So guess what I started doing that😂

Usually pull it up with button pressed and leave in 1st gear,drives not very steep maybe 20,30 degrees. Never had a problem with it untill now car was on 10k miles when i got it yr old now on 73k Its a late 2014 registered Jan 2015. Noticed most of the other posts are similar build year but they had the problem way earlier than me. When its on no amount of wiggling it or messing with the button disengages it. Just got as far as adjusting it up a few clicks.

Just been looking at the cctv and my system has sound detection you can hear a very loud bang as the handbrake releases.

Had that happen on my old golf before the octavia as 1 of the rear calipers was sticking and overheating. But this the actual lever just disengaged itself you can see it pop down😢

Yeah seen the other posts also remember the maroon red coloured vrs rolling down a hill and off a sea wall. But no clues on whats happening. On my cctv i can clearly see it on then click off itself. My cars a 64plate vrs had it from year old now upto 72k and its never done it before notice all the other posts are mainly 2014 cars.

Tonight my neighbour came banging on my door to tell me my car was in the middle of the road. I had parked on my drive 25mins earlier, ran to the car unlocked it and could see the handbrake was down. My neighbour and son said wtf ya idiot you never put your handbrake on. Made me doubt myself despite living with the sloping drive for 15yrs. Checked my cctv and clearly see me pull up on the handbrake and leave car in gear. Then 20mins later the brake comes off and car rolls down drive into the road it stopped as it was in gear and the alarm went off. I have pulled and pushed and hit the handbrake lever with it on and it's not come off so now have a brick under the wheel.

Anyone else get a noise when turning left it's not very loud and almost sounds like a car with a power steering pump. It happens when driving and as soon as you touch the wheel to turn left you can hear it when coasting and it is slightly louder under power. Car is a 2015 tdi vrs with 16k miles but noticed this noise when i got it with 13k miles car has 19"extremes on. Like i say not that loud considering the road noise from the wheels drowns it out. Thanks Mike