What is 'Normal' Parking Brake Behavior?

[Ohsoslow]

I may be wrong, but I believe when car is running, it uses the hydraulic brakes as handbrake, then when you turn off car, it switches to the cable handbrake.. Which is why you sometimes get that awkward movement when you turn the car off. (At least that’s how it was explained to me)

[byaru1]

Originally Posted by Ohsoslow

I may be wrong, but I believe when car is running, it uses the hydraulic brakes as handbrake, then when you turn off car, it switches to the cable handbrake.. Which is why you sometimes get that awkward movement when you turn the car off. (At least that’s how it was explained to me)

That EPB is not a long lasting piece of kit when you use it frequently anyway. I'd rather you even assume it does not exist.

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[FunfDreisig]

FWIW I always use the Auto Hold button instead of the Parking Brake lever when parking. The Auto Hold feature stops the lurch when you turn off the engine on a slope.

Funf Dreisig


EDIT: My Bad.

I’ve been using Auto Hold on our sloping drive, while I get out for the mail, for over a decade. And Auto Hold DOES hold the X5 rock steady. BUT… I don’t turn off the engine until I get to the garage — on level ground. Today I tested turning off the engine with Auto Hold on at the mail box and sure enough the X5 DID lurch down hill.

FWIW I also use Auto Hold in the garage because it reduces the wear and tear on the parking brake handle.