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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443   
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There's a couple who keep their horses at the same livery yard as me who have bought a new Astra(well it's less than a month old now) Last week I saw them and hubby was giving herself grief as she'd backed into a bollard in the supermarket carpark. Tonight I saw her and she was none too happy with the new car complete with a ding at the front and scrape marks down the side!
Last night she came back from work(care assistant) parked it on the street outside their house, pulled on the handbrake, locked the door and went indoors. About an hour later a neighbour was knocking on the door asking if it was her car parked in his wall 2 doors down the road! They went to it, opened the door and the handbrake was still in the up position! It seems that there is a problem with some more basic models of Astras so if you have one or end up parking near one make sure it will roll away from your motor when the parking brake fails! Nobody's going to get any answers untill Wednesday when the dealership opens after the bank holidays, I for one shall be waiting for the definitive reply  |
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3rd Jun 2012 9:37pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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That's what I said to her, personally I very rarely use the handbrake(might wear it out
) but on the fact it failed on a nearly new car smacks to me like a manufacturing fault. They have spoken to a customer line at Vauxhall and as a matter of course they are allready starting to make noises of driver error. Untill it goes into the dealer nobody will commit themselves and she was worried that if she had to claim on her insurance she would lose her NCB. I told her that the insurance should be on her side if it comes to that as there is allready documented proof on t'internet of people having the same problem and there's nothing that the insurance companies would like better than to take on a company like Vauxhall when it is a Vauxhall problem  |
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3rd Jun 2012 9:54pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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there was an article about exactly that on watchdog a while ago, it's a known problem with astras, might be worth googling it
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4th Jun 2012 8:11am |
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| Projectblue Member Since: 22 Nov 2011 Location: Devon Posts: 1096
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In most cars with new electic h/brake it's almost impossible to not apply the handbrake as even if you don't apply or yourself, it does it automatically when you take the ignition key out. It doesn't get past the leave in gear (which I always do) but it does prevent you from trying to avoid rusted on brake pads.
Electric hand(park) brakes are the work of the devil  |
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4th Jun 2012 4:44pm |
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| Rozzer Member Since: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 43  
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It's true about the handbrake. We use them at work and a few people have fallen foul of the fault. It appears the brakes get hot very quickly and swell up. If you then apply the handbrake when the brakes cool they shrink back and the car rolls.
It's a tad embarrassing. Not that I've find it I hasten to add. |
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4th Jun 2012 8:53pm |
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