Electric Parking Brake auto release
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:07 am
Can anyone advise me at what point their Electric Parking Brake auto releases?
I had my CX-3 3 days before I came to my first hill start at traffic lights. I put the EPB on and as I went to drive off the car started to roll backwards towards another car - it released the EPB before the clutch/accelerator was at the bite point. I’ve have since tried to test it on very small inclines and it seems that it releases when you press the accelerator and then even slightly release the clutch.
I am not sure if this is how it should work? Or whether there is a fault with the car.
The manual says it releases when you press the accelerator and the clutch is depressed half way. So is that ‘half way or further’?
Mazda have told me I should drive it the conventional way on hill starts pressing accelerator first then bring clutch to biting point and the EPB should then release. If I do that I will have rolled back into another car as my EPG will have released before this point!
I had my CX-3 3 days before I came to my first hill start at traffic lights. I put the EPB on and as I went to drive off the car started to roll backwards towards another car - it released the EPB before the clutch/accelerator was at the bite point. I’ve have since tried to test it on very small inclines and it seems that it releases when you press the accelerator and then even slightly release the clutch.
I am not sure if this is how it should work? Or whether there is a fault with the car.
The manual says it releases when you press the accelerator and the clutch is depressed half way. So is that ‘half way or further’?
Mazda have told me I should drive it the conventional way on hill starts pressing accelerator first then bring clutch to biting point and the EPB should then release. If I do that I will have rolled back into another car as my EPG will have released before this point!