Auto/Electric handbrake

Takes a bit of getting used to. But yeah you are right particularly on upward or downward inclines it is a bit tricky to disengage. On balance I think it's a great feature.

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It takes a bit of getting used to, our Tiguan has it so has been easy adapting to the Leon. Just give it a few more weeks and you will be adept to it and find a handbrake lever old fashioned )

Are you applying the handbrake, by pulling the button each time?

You’ll notice on the dash that when the handbrake is applied manually the P symbol will be red.

However, when you come the a complete stop the car engages the handbrake (handbrake/footbrake) automatically anyway. The dash will show a green P symbol when you confirm. Then, when you pull away it’ll disengage.

I found the issue you describe above, when pulling away after manually applying the handbrake. I don’t think the system is designed for that, but somebody please correct me if I’m wrong.


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My Father had this issue on the initial test drive, stalling the demo 5 times. As the previous post mentioned, the trick seems to be to leave it alone to do it's thing in 'auto', (green P) mode and all is well once you learn to trust it.

The only other issue he had was when shunting on his tight driveway, the emissions Stop/Start system was kicking-in as the car was in neutral for a tad too long, seemingly because of him being too slow changing gear from reverse to first and vice versa.

He has the typical mechanical sympathy of a brickie that he used to be before retiring and has always had trouble getting used to 'new' gearboxes on any car, but has mostly got the hang of it after a week...