Hi
The other day I washed our RCZ automatic. A 2013 car we've had for over 3 years, FHS via main dealer. Low miles about 20k.
Hardly driven recent months due to 6 weeks holidays and when we return home on March 4th, started working from home.
As I said, washed the car, left parked for a couple of days, decided to give her a small spin and as I put her into D, released
the handbrake and gently move
off the drive I felt as though someone had tied a chain to the back of the car and a slight more accelerator and a bang, metallic type
as though a chain had broken. Read up here posts stating same when car parked with wet discs, washed and not driven for a day or two. noted similar before but nothing as dramatic as this. Drive is level, should I leave it in parked on the drive and no handbrake?
Another thing, got her mot couple of months ago, all pads, discs etc all good. But I note at gentle braking past year a groan that appears to be coming from front passengers side. My wife and daughter notice nothing especially my daughter as she has the radio on higher than i do. i notice things before so-called mechanics do. If it was a stone/etc stuck in calipers etc I think mot people would have picked up. The car drives well, had the timing chain change over a year ago as very slight rattle then, car does not pull or judder when braking and seems to have full braking ability.
Also, only I noted this that when car is parked up but engine running, touch the brake pedal, clonking noise, like two metal plates banging but again the wife and daughter not note this.
Summary
Anything re locked handbrake, solutions other than park it on drive without handbrake when washed and colder, winter months and when not daily drive?
Footbrake clonk appears to come from front passengers footwell when brake toughed engine running but car in neutral
Graons from front passenger side when pedal brake pedal lightly touched and ideas?
Thanks
The other day I washed our RCZ automatic. A 2013 car we've had for over 3 years, FHS via main dealer. Low miles about 20k.
Hardly driven recent months due to 6 weeks holidays and when we return home on March 4th, started working from home.
As I said, washed the car, left parked for a couple of days, decided to give her a small spin and as I put her into D, released
the handbrake and gently move
off the drive I felt as though someone had tied a chain to the back of the car and a slight more accelerator and a bang, metallic type
as though a chain had broken. Read up here posts stating same when car parked with wet discs, washed and not driven for a day or two. noted similar before but nothing as dramatic as this. Drive is level, should I leave it in parked on the drive and no handbrake?
Another thing, got her mot couple of months ago, all pads, discs etc all good. But I note at gentle braking past year a groan that appears to be coming from front passengers side. My wife and daughter notice nothing especially my daughter as she has the radio on higher than i do. i notice things before so-called mechanics do. If it was a stone/etc stuck in calipers etc I think mot people would have picked up. The car drives well, had the timing chain change over a year ago as very slight rattle then, car does not pull or judder when braking and seems to have full braking ability.
Also, only I noted this that when car is parked up but engine running, touch the brake pedal, clonking noise, like two metal plates banging but again the wife and daughter not note this.
Summary
Anything re locked handbrake, solutions other than park it on drive without handbrake when washed and colder, winter months and when not daily drive?
Footbrake clonk appears to come from front passengers footwell when brake toughed engine running but car in neutral
Graons from front passenger side when pedal brake pedal lightly touched and ideas?
Thanks