Parking brake/auto hold

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Coming from a 2018 Tiguan where auto hold and auto handbrake just worked without needing to think about it, I’m surprised at how complicated it is on the Macan, sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t and then there’s the hard brake to activate auto hold….

Doesn’t make sense to me.

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Tom10juve wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:18 pm Coming from a 2018 Tiguan where auto hold and auto handbrake just worked without needing to think about it, I’m surprised at how complicated it is on the Macan, sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t and then there’s the hard brake to activate auto hold….

Doesn’t make sense to me.

Can you elaborate on “sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t”? I rarely feel the need to touch the handbrake button.

Pressing the brake firmly to activate auto hold is a feature I find useful.
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It took me three weeks to work out that auto hold is best engaged by a quick “prod” of the brake pedal rather that pushing it hard. Now it works first time every time - would only use handbrake button when parking to leave the car.
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Post by Madelvic »

This is what I do. I use the auto hold (automatic on a hill, firm press if not). It holds the brake lights on. Wait till a car stops behind you at especially at night use the handbrake (that doesn’t have the brake lights on). Bit of finesse that I like
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Tom10juve wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:18 pm Coming from a 2018 Tiguan where auto hold and auto handbrake just worked without needing to think about it, I’m surprised at how complicated it is on the Macan, sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t and then there’s the hard brake to activate auto hold….

Doesn’t make sense to me.
Coming from a ten year old Audi S4 I found the auto brake on the 22 Macan quite a poor design and even after three months and 5000 miles I still don’t like the way it has to be activated

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Coming from an Fpace, I didn’t have it at all so I find it convenient. Also had a Troc for a few months where it engaged automatically which was even better.
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Makanik wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:31 pm
Tom10juve wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:18 pm Coming from a 2018 Tiguan where auto hold and auto handbrake just worked without needing to think about it, I’m surprised at how complicated it is on the Macan, sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t and then there’s the hard brake to activate auto hold….

Doesn’t make sense to me.

Can you elaborate on “sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t”? I rarely feel the need to touch the handbrake button.

Pressing the brake firmly to activate auto hold is a feature I find useful.
If I park the car, the handbrake doesn’t auto engage, well I don’t think it does so you press it….then when you get in and drive again sometimes I can select drive and pull away and sometimes I have to press the handbrake button. It’s not the end of the world but being that Porsche is in the VW group I figured it would have been automatic like the Tiguan, Troc etc.
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^^^ yes in my experience the rest of the VAG current range are SO much easier to activate. In our Leon you can choose Auto On for HOLD and then every time you come to a halt it automatically instantly engages. Then when you pull away it auto releases. SIMPLES!

The Macan system is a faff. Jab the footbrake to engage Hold. Can be hit & miss though.

Pull up P to engage the handbrake....but then it does not ALWAYS auto release when you pull away. :oops: So you have to prod the switch to release.
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I like the Porsche system where you can opt to engage the brake hold by pressing the brake pedal. It makes manoeuvring easier in particular. In my Defender the auto hold comes on as soon as the car comes to rest and you need to develop an extremely light and brief touch of the accelerator to release it. This can be quite tricky in tight spaces, especially on a slope. Yes, the Porsche system can engage on a slope when you don't want it to, and that can also make manoeuvring on a slope a bit challenging. Again, something you have to get used to once you know when to expect it and how to deal with it. Both designs have their pro and cons but I like the choice with the Porsche approach.
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Tom10juve wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:20 pm
Makanik wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:31 pm
Tom10juve wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:18 pm Coming from a 2018 Tiguan where auto hold and auto handbrake just worked without needing to think about it, I’m surprised at how complicated it is on the Macan, sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t and then there’s the hard brake to activate auto hold….

Doesn’t make sense to me.

Can you elaborate on “sometimes you need to press the handbrake button sometimes you don’t”? I rarely feel the need to touch the handbrake button.

Pressing the brake firmly to activate auto hold is a feature I find useful.
If I park the car, the handbrake doesn’t auto engage, well I don’t think it does so you press it….then when you get in and drive again sometimes I can select drive and pull away and sometimes I have to press the handbrake button. It’s not the end of the world but being that Porsche is in the VW group I figured it would have been automatic like the Tiguan, Troc etc.
There is a reason why handbrakes should not auto engage. What happens in freezing if car left for any time,
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