It's the only car I've ever owned that I didn't have to have the handbrake readjusted (tightened) after 12-18 months. I've never applied (pulled up) the handbrake using the button. I've been doing that for 3 years now with no problem - mind you I was parking on a 15% incline for the first 12 months until I moved houses. If it was, I would then give it one more click. I would apply the handbrake with the brakes on by 1-2 clicks, and check if the car is stationary. From the very first time, my "technique" was to only apply the minimum amount of handbrake necessary to keep the car in position. I never had a problem with my handbrake - in fact, I would say that the handbrake on this car is, hands down, the best I've ever had in any car. Though it's not clear to me from his description which type of failure he had. Because when the cable gets so sticky that the lever moves in "jerks" it's impossible to feel whether the ratchet is engaged properly, too easy to leave the ratchet pawl engaged somehow on the "peak" of a ratchet tooth, from where the handbrake can fly fully off (as the spring on the ratchet pawl isn't strong enough to pull it into the ratchet positions that it is flying past).įor completeness here's someone on another forum who is not only unhappy about their Leon handbrake, but actually suffered an injury because of handbrake failure: The other issue is a sticky handbrake cable which can be at least as dangerous. There are clearly two issues, one is the handbrake action slackening a bit when the discs/pads cool (if applied hot). If you came here because you are worried about your SEAT Leon handbrake, please also read this thread:
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