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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Day two of ownership and we are returning home in the Freely after walking our dog. I asked if Mrs D if she wanted a drive and she said yes. I pulled off the road into a rough pot-holed lay-by and she started screaming "Watch out for those pot-holes"! "It's a 4X4" I told her. Anyway, we swapped seats and she drove off. Almost immediately I could feel a vibration coming through the whole car. It felt like a bent driveshaft. She pulled over and I looked all round for damage to the wheels etc thinking surely a little pot hole couldn't have damaged it, could it? Couldn't find anything amiss so told her to carry on. By now we had joined the A road and we were building up speed and had just got into the outside lane. The vibration was really becoming a concern by now - it felt like the whole car was going to shake to pieces. I shouted above the noise to slow down and pull over when she could. While I was looking over my shoulder to see that the coast was clear in the nearside lane, the juddering stopped suddenly. "What's happened" I asked her. "Handbrake was on" she said!!!! Women! I'd better check the handbrake shoes and discs when I check it over next week. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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24th Feb 2013 2:38 pm |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
..... although there is a big red warning thingy in the right hand dial |
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24th Feb 2013 3:30 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Yes! She said she noticed it. Eventually. Just got rid of our Golf and she said that used to 'bong' when she left the handbrake on. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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24th Feb 2013 4:13 pm |
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Mona Geeza Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 1293 |
Trouble is it bongs also for the seat belt not fastened, lights on, key in, ice alert, door open, parking sensors, maybe she was just a bit confused about the bings and bonkings. |
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24th Feb 2013 6:58 pm |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
Mine bongs with the handbrake on |
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24th Feb 2013 8:43 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
Strange. I've heard the warning bongs for all those things but definitely no bong for driving with the handbrake on. She said there was a red 'P' on the dash though. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto Present: Audi A3 S Line. |
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24th Feb 2013 8:58 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
Don't think mine does, just the dash warning light |
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24th Feb 2013 9:41 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
Taz, it will if you haven't got your seat belt on |
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24th Feb 2013 9:50 pm |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
Mr D...I put on my belt and if I drive off with the handbrake still on it goes Bong Bong and displays Caution Handbrake Applied, it is a different noise too, you see, the seat belt warning is a higher pitched bing.....bing.....bing.....bing |
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24th Feb 2013 10:01 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
Neither of my FL2's have had a handbrake chime. Just the warning light.
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24th Feb 2013 10:50 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
Just been out and checked, all I have, as thought is the Red Light on the clock, nothing othe message centre, no bings or bongs.
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24th Feb 2013 10:59 pm |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
Maybe, Steve D after pulling into a quiet deserted layby, followed by banging Missus D was distracted and didn't here the bong bong, Steve D, meanwhile, was experiencing a vibration through the car and was also distracted.
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24th Feb 2013 11:13 pm |
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Alan7140 Member Since: 04 Jul 2012 Location: Tasmania Posts: 26 |
The seatbelt bong can be disabled through a sequence of ignition off, then ignition on (not engine started) driver's seatbelt engaged & disengaged rapidly and repeatedly until bong sounds once (you have either 10 or 20 seconds to complete, from memory), ignition off, then start & drive as normal. Only the light should stay on (no bong) to remind you of an unbuckeld seatbelt, as it should be if an aware driver is at the helm. Replaying the above procedure reinstates the bong if you are driving a car which doesn't bong but you would like to bong.
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25th Feb 2013 2:22 am |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
Tried mine this morning but only the visual warning, no 'bings' or 'bongs' with the handbrake applied. |
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25th Feb 2013 6:59 am |
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