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Im not technical with cars at all, thought i should start with that. But do you think i may have damaged my handbrake?
The car park i use for uni is on a hill, and i was always worried my handbrake wouldn't hold out because i though i might not have put it on high enough. (Im only little, and not very strong, weird i know but i honestly felt the need to put it on higher) So the first time i did it, when i went to drive home (i use my handbrake if im at traffic lights on a hill) the handbrake wasn't holding at all, but the next day it was totally fine and was what i would consider to be back to normal.
Again the over day i parked in a space where i felt i needed to put it on a tad higher, because the only spots were near the canal. When i put it on it did make a strange noise i don't recall it ever making before, and again on the way home it wouldn't hold on a hill. But the next time i went out a few days after it wasn't working properly. If i stopped on a hill and put my handbrake on then let go of my handbrake it would roll back a tad, but if i reapplied my foot brake at the same time and then remove it slowly it would hold.
Have i done something to it? As i say im not good with cars, but i realise that its probably not going to get better on it's own, i though it had the first time, but it probably didn't.
Possible problems? expensive?
Not sure if it helps but i have a Corsa C
Thank you
The car park i use for uni is on a hill, and i was always worried my handbrake wouldn't hold out because i though i might not have put it on high enough. (Im only little, and not very strong, weird i know but i honestly felt the need to put it on higher) So the first time i did it, when i went to drive home (i use my handbrake if im at traffic lights on a hill) the handbrake wasn't holding at all, but the next day it was totally fine and was what i would consider to be back to normal.
Again the over day i parked in a space where i felt i needed to put it on a tad higher, because the only spots were near the canal. When i put it on it did make a strange noise i don't recall it ever making before, and again on the way home it wouldn't hold on a hill. But the next time i went out a few days after it wasn't working properly. If i stopped on a hill and put my handbrake on then let go of my handbrake it would roll back a tad, but if i reapplied my foot brake at the same time and then remove it slowly it would hold.
Have i done something to it? As i say im not good with cars, but i realise that its probably not going to get better on it's own, i though it had the first time, but it probably didn't.
Possible problems? expensive?
Not sure if it helps but i have a Corsa C
Thank you