Hello Everyone
Can anyone you has an Allure 1.6 EGC please give me some advice.
I've had mine since Monday. I love the car BUT I'm really struggling to stop it or park it safely if I'm on a hill. I'm beginning to think my handbrake is faulty but before I make a fool of myself taking it to the garage I thought I'd just ask here. My previous car (Chrysler Grand Voyager) was fully automatic and stopping/parking the car was easy. I just put it into 'P' for park and put the handbrake on and that was it. But obviously there isn't a 'P' on this EGC system
This is an example of where I am struggling:
When approaching a set of busy traffic lights which are on an upwards hill, I don't want to sit there with my foot on the footbrake the whole time. In a fully automatic car I used to put it into park, put the handbrake on and then I could take my foot of the brake and sit there until the lights changed. If I try to do the same in the 2008 I just roll backwards and the car doesn't stop. I've tried alsorts but each time it rolls back (and keeps rolling back) until I put my foot on the brake.
When I have tried to actually stop and park on a hill the same things happen, I roll backwards. So far each time I've needed to park the only solution has been to drive off and find an alternative flat parking space.
I have tried putting the gear stick at 'M' instead when I park to see if that works but it still rolls backwards.
Each time I do this, I check on the dashboard and the red handbrake light is showing on the dashboard so I know that I haven't accidentally not put it on properly.
Can anyone give me any advice? I've read the manual and the section for '6 speed electronic gears' is quite vague when it comes to actually safely making the car stop.
I'm hoping that I've just been really thick and that someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong because the dealer is miles away and I don't want to have to drive miles to show them the problem and be told that I'm an idiot!!
Please help!
Apart from this issue, I rather like my car. I love the steering wheel and it's great on the motorway. I just don't like hills at the moment! Also, I really wish I had ordered the silver trim that goes under the boot.
That's it for now. I'm just going to pick the children up from school (the long way round so that I avoid 'the hill'). Hopefully when I get back some kind person might have replied.
Thank you for reading.
Sarah
Can anyone you has an Allure 1.6 EGC please give me some advice.
I've had mine since Monday. I love the car BUT I'm really struggling to stop it or park it safely if I'm on a hill. I'm beginning to think my handbrake is faulty but before I make a fool of myself taking it to the garage I thought I'd just ask here. My previous car (Chrysler Grand Voyager) was fully automatic and stopping/parking the car was easy. I just put it into 'P' for park and put the handbrake on and that was it. But obviously there isn't a 'P' on this EGC system
This is an example of where I am struggling:
When approaching a set of busy traffic lights which are on an upwards hill, I don't want to sit there with my foot on the footbrake the whole time. In a fully automatic car I used to put it into park, put the handbrake on and then I could take my foot of the brake and sit there until the lights changed. If I try to do the same in the 2008 I just roll backwards and the car doesn't stop. I've tried alsorts but each time it rolls back (and keeps rolling back) until I put my foot on the brake.
When I have tried to actually stop and park on a hill the same things happen, I roll backwards. So far each time I've needed to park the only solution has been to drive off and find an alternative flat parking space.
I have tried putting the gear stick at 'M' instead when I park to see if that works but it still rolls backwards.
Each time I do this, I check on the dashboard and the red handbrake light is showing on the dashboard so I know that I haven't accidentally not put it on properly.
Can anyone give me any advice? I've read the manual and the section for '6 speed electronic gears' is quite vague when it comes to actually safely making the car stop.
I'm hoping that I've just been really thick and that someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong because the dealer is miles away and I don't want to have to drive miles to show them the problem and be told that I'm an idiot!!
Please help!
Apart from this issue, I rather like my car. I love the steering wheel and it's great on the motorway. I just don't like hills at the moment! Also, I really wish I had ordered the silver trim that goes under the boot.
That's it for now. I'm just going to pick the children up from school (the long way round so that I avoid 'the hill'). Hopefully when I get back some kind person might have replied.
Thank you for reading.
Sarah