| Faulty Parking Brake Caused Expensive M.O.T. | |
My '08 TDV8 auto just underwent the German equivalent of the M.O.T., called the TüV. It initially failed due to the parking brake not locking one of the rear wheels. Turns out on one side the parking brake pads had come away from the caliper and worn itself down on the disc during travel. The German M.O.T. requires the performance of the two calipers to be within 2% of each other. Thus the dealer had to replace both sides despite the good side passing the minimum performance threshold. Parts came to 385GBP/464EUR (as of today) plus 99GBP/120EUR labour  . A retest then passed the car.
When I bought the car used from another, non-LR dealer two years ago, they'd already had an M.O.T done so I guess it worked fine then. This lead to my wondering if the problem was due to how I use the brake.
My usual routine is as follows:
Bring car to stop with foot brake - engage P - apply park brake - release foot brake - engine off.
This results in the car creeping forward slightly (no more than an inch) when I release the foot brake.
Is this the best sequence? Am I damaging anything this way? My FF is my first automatic car so I have no experience of other autos to compare with.
Overnight I park in an underground garage for which I have to lock the suspension in access mode prior to entering but this has not been a problem. 2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 automatic (LHD), Santorini Black
2008 Vogue 3.6 TDV8 automatic (LHD), Java Black
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8th Mar 2014 1:22am
That way you never leave the car resting on the gearbox 
