Hi all
First post, please be gentle. I have an 18 reg Leon Cupra, owned from new, before this i had a diesel 184 FR Leon. Its a manual gearbox
I took my car for its 2nd service last week and all was fine, no issues or worries. I got home, parked on my drive, started getting out the car and it rolled back into my garage wall and garage door. Breaking the garage door, but also nicely scratching and denting the car too.
I immediately ran the garage and asked why they had turned my automatic handbrake off and not informed me, and i am holding them responsible for the accident. They did tell me that they would have switched it off during the service. They claimed that the car doesn't have an automatic handbrake and that there is no way for the handbrake to come in, without me pulling the level and also that its my fault for not checking the car before i got out. They said that every time i exit the car i should pull up the "P" lever to engage the handbrake.
Now i can see their argument, i am the responsible person behind the wheel, but conversely, having owner the car for 2 years, i have always been under the impression that it has an automatic handbrake, hence i don't need to pull the "P" lever.
So yesterday i checked:
Can anyone confirm, as i will chase with them if i think i am right, but if not will drop it.
Thanks in advance
First post, please be gentle. I have an 18 reg Leon Cupra, owned from new, before this i had a diesel 184 FR Leon. Its a manual gearbox
I took my car for its 2nd service last week and all was fine, no issues or worries. I got home, parked on my drive, started getting out the car and it rolled back into my garage wall and garage door. Breaking the garage door, but also nicely scratching and denting the car too.
I immediately ran the garage and asked why they had turned my automatic handbrake off and not informed me, and i am holding them responsible for the accident. They did tell me that they would have switched it off during the service. They claimed that the car doesn't have an automatic handbrake and that there is no way for the handbrake to come in, without me pulling the level and also that its my fault for not checking the car before i got out. They said that every time i exit the car i should pull up the "P" lever to engage the handbrake.
Now i can see their argument, i am the responsible person behind the wheel, but conversely, having owner the car for 2 years, i have always been under the impression that it has an automatic handbrake, hence i don't need to pull the "P" lever.
So yesterday i checked:
- "A" button activated, switch off the ignition, the handbrake seems to come on.
- Unactivate the "A" button, switch off the ignition, the handbrake doesn't come on.
Can anyone confirm, as i will chase with them if i think i am right, but if not will drop it.
Thanks in advance