Handbrake & Door problem

Annie · Post by **Annie** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 1:12 pm

I recently bought a 52 reg silver with red/black leather. Beautiful car but as soon as I got it two problems came to light straight away. First of all myself as well as any passengers noticed that you had to practicaly slam the doors to shut them properly. Secondly the drive at my house slopes forward and one night the handbrake fails on the car and it comes crashing into my garage door. Now I know I definately put the handbrake on properly using two hands, so I parked it on the level and called peugeot.

They collected the car straight away and brought it back to me saying that the doors have been adjusted and they couldn't find anything wrong with the handbrake?

Has anyone else had problems with the doors or handbrake?

Best wishes, Annie
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Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 1:31 pm

That's terrible Annie!!!

Sounds like the doors did need adjusting, so hopefully that should be fixed now. A couple of people have had to get that done.

Haven't heard of the handbrake problem, but I have noticed that when I put mine on on a steep slope the car rolls and rises slightly as if it's gonna go over a bump or something, before stopping. Maybe something gave out?

Do others have the same? Is mine about to crash down a hill too?

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 1:48 pm

put the car in gear when u park up. problem solved

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 2:44 pm

The car should roll/rise slightly - it's the rear suspension taking up the full strain of the car.

Leaving it in gear is ok on a driveway, but it's not a good idea on the road. If someobody crashes into your car whilst it's parked, it could cause damage to the engine/gearbox. This happened to me once. The best idea is to kerb the tyres if possible.

carl · Post by **carl** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 2:25 pm

I think half the problem with the doors is that they don't sound like they've shut properly when in fact they have.

If you want doors with a satisfying 'clunk' you have to buy German!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:10 pm

Can't you use chocks? A couple of bricks would do it.

Jon H · Post by **Jon H** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 12:35 pm

I had the same problem with the doors too.

If you take the car into your dealer (Mine was Regal in Bromsgrove - might be close to you?) they sort it out without fuss - it's a known problem so they'll do it straight away

I got a 2.0 CC as a replacement car when mine was off the road too!

npinney · Post by **npinney** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:45 am

Secondly the drive at my house slopes forward and one night the handbrake fails on the car and it comes crashing into my garage door. Now I know I definately put the handbrake on properly using two hands, so I parked it on the level and called peugeot.

Guess what - I opened the front door this morning and thought someone had stolen my prize posession. But on second glance I could just see the back-end and yes it had rolled down the drive (on slight incline) and into the garage doors.

My first thought was "oh you stupid woman, you left the handbrake off" but no it was on - although not in gear.

No damage done fortunately but it freaked me out a bit. Glad to see someone else had it too!!

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:04 pm

nuck have u ever seen constitutional hill in swansea? bloody hell its like a mountain.

npinney · Post by **npinney** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 1:46 pm

My drive could never be described as a hill but it still rolled down it! Probably just as well it wasn't or I could have done some damage!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 5:52 pm

maybe the CC was a bit cold and just wanted to go into the garage to be a bit warmer but found the door was closed

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Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:04 pm

That sounds quite plausible - it's freezing out!

Seriously though, that is a bit of a worry!

My drive also slopes and I always make sure that if I park it on the sloping bit rather than the usual flat bit where I normally leave it, that I make sure that the handbrake is pulled all the way up and that it is in reverse.

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:54 pm

hope this isn't reminiscent of the Citroen Xantia problems a few years back. One runaway Xantia demolished our Garden wall once.

npinney · Post by **npinney** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 12:45 am

Just realised tonight that I was lucky. We have two parking spaces on our drive and one would knock into a wall, so if I had parked on the left and it had rolled down- it would have been a wall it hit!! lucky escape. Keep it in gear now!

Patsyspassion · Post by **Patsyspassion** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:17 pm

Hello everyone, i'm a newbie on here and I am wondering if anyone has a solution, apart from leaving my car in gear/don't park on an incline etc. for this worrying problem with handbrakes. My car is back in the garage , after having new brake pads and discs two days ago. Now my mechanic is going to check the callipers???? PLEASE HELLLLLPPPPPP!:popping: