Is there any way to park up a mk3 Superb and leave the parking brake off? My Superb spends a long time, up to 3 weeks or more in my garage between journeys, and there is the customary bang when first pulling it out as the pads release the discs due to the slightest bit of rust. Could be a lot worse if the discs start corroding as some have reported.

 

Unfortunately there's no way to completely dry/clean the rear discs as you could with the old hand brake so I foresee sticky parking brake problems could only get worse.

Simply switch off the auto feature and don't apply the parking brake.

 

How hard can it be?

54 minutes ago, skidpan said:

Simply switch off the auto feature and don't apply the parking brake.

 

How hard can it be?

 

Thanks! Didn't think it would be that easy...

4 hours ago, xman said:

Unfortunately there's no way to completely dry/clean the rear discs as you could with the old hand brake so I foresee sticky parking brake problems could only get worse.

You can use the parking brake whilst you are still moving. Just make sure no one's behind you.

This will jam the brakes on the disks quite violently

Over 5mph it works as an emergency brake and you can toggle the switch to give the disks a clean:

“Emergency braking function

If, while driving, a fault occurs in the brake system, the parking brake can be used as an emergency brake.
Pull the (p) button in the direction of arrow 1 and » Fig. 254 hold (you hear an audible signal) the vehicle starts to brake strongly.
The braking process is interrupted when the key is released or the accelerator”

You have a manual box @xman ?
 

 

 There is a way @X man 

 

 Switch off the engine. Turn the ignition back on. Put your foot on the brake pedal. Press the auto handbrake button down and the parking brake will release. 

 

 I am also fortunate enough to have a garage for my car. I do this every time I leave it in order to avoid very problem about which other forum members complain.

15 hours ago, facet edge said:

You can use the parking brake whilst you are still moving. Just make sure no one's behind you.

This will jam the brakes on the disks quite violently

 

You may also find yourself pulling on the parking brake by accident whilst trying to open the sliding compartment in front of the armrest without looking down. Don't ask me how I know that 

 

Suffice to say there is a brief period of intense juddering and a flashing red warning on the maxidot...

4 hours ago, Lol6 said:

 There is a way @X man 

 

 Switch off the engine. Turn the ignition back on. Put your foot on the brake pedal. Press the auto handbrake button down and the parking brake will release. 

 

 I am also fortunate enough to have a garage for my car. I do this every time I leave it in order to avoid very problem about which other forum members complain.

 

After reading this earlier I have just been out in the car and checked what I posted yesterday is correct and it is. No need to go through all that, just turn off the auto handbrake and don't pull the handbrake button.

^^^ Exactly.

 

O' crumbs! 

Sorry.

 

21 hours ago, skidpan said:

Simply switch off the auto feature and don't apply the parking brake.

 

How hard can it be?

 

Any thoughts on whether this OK in a DSG, left in P,  when on a slight slope?  No garage for me sadly, and my drive is on about 4% incline (non scientific measurement..).  Presumably its close to the equivalent of a manual left in gear, which to be fair I wouldn't do, but no idea on how strong Park is.   I don't drive every day and am experiencing this, and it can be a jolt down the drive when pulling off, if the brakes are bound particularly tight 

 

 

Answering my own question, it seems to be well discussed here. Doh!

 

16 minutes ago, Chas51 said:

Presumably its close to the equivalent of a manual left in gear, which to be fair I wouldn't do,

 

Why not? I have been leaving my manual cars (never had an auto) parked in gears since 1974 when I bought my first one and never had an issue. All our drives and in 2 cases the garage floors have had a slope thus if the handbrake is left off the car will roll. Leaving them in gear does not allow the car to roll.

4 minutes ago, skidpan said:

 

Why not? I have been leaving my manual cars (never had an auto) parked in gears since 1974 when I bought my first one and never had an issue. All our drives and in 2 cases the garage floors have had a slope thus if the handbrake is left off the car will roll. Leaving them in gear does not allow the car to roll.

 

Probably just paranoia - the what-if scenario of it slipping out of gear and taking out both mine and a neighbour's car.  This is the first auto I have ever had and like you, have always left my manuals in gear.  I learnt that lesson when I was about 8 after pretending to drive my Dad's Renault 5 when it was parked up and knocking off the handbrake (was of the variety that stuck up from the floor on a stick).  It rolled about 10ft forwards down the hill into the back of a Volvo.  There was not a scratch on the Volvo, the Renault was a write-off  

Just a quick note to advise that my 2017 sl exec has a different switch combination.

 

Its a matter of holding the parking brake down while depressing the brake pedal.  Just confirmed it out of interest

 

On 09/03/2019 at 11:49, mrburns said:

Just a quick note to advise that my 2017 sl exec has a different switch combination.

 

Its a matter of holding the parking brake down while depressing the brake pedal.  Just confirmed it out of interest

 

 

It's the other way around, in order to manually release the electronic parking brake (EPB), you first need to depress the brake pedal.

Just a quick note to advise that my 2017 sl exec has a different switch combination.

 

Its a matter of holding the parking brake down while depressing the brake pedal.  Just confirmed it out of interest

 

When I press the handbrake it tells me to depress foot petal.  

Not tried your method

 

Both methods get the same result.

 

Pressing the brake pedal before pressing the button means you don't get the dash warning asking you to press the brake pedal.

 

If you press the button first, without pressing the brake pedal, the car warns you to tell you that it won't release the electronic parking brake until you press the brake pedal.

 

This method is applicable across all Skoda models with an EPB, so nothing has changed with regards to the switch combination.

 

The other option of course, is to gently release the clutch which automatically releases the EPB without having to press the brake pedal.