The Winter is the month in which you need to allow plenty of time for your car: Because components such as the handbrake freeze. So you have to solve them again.
car battery, doors, hand – brake in the Winter, the risk is high that your car starts because of the cold, to strike. Anyone who can’t have his car in a Garage or the vehicle is not moved for a few days, is particularly affected. Because the individual parts of the car freeze extremely easily. Especially the hand brake can be difficult.
the hand brake is frozen: you can do
Whether the hand brake is frozen solid, you realize, for example, you can without spring resistance move to the bottom. Often it is actually the cables or parts of the wheel brake, which are frozen, and during Start-up. The consequence of the car will hardly move from the spot or the tires start to block.
The best method is a frozen hand brake again to “de-icing”, to move the car be careful . Loosen brake to the hand and drive you gently to the front or to the rear. Just a few inches, then you can stop again. Repeat this process a couple of Times, until the brake is loosened.
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this Trick does not work, you can try it with heat. Best hair dryer that you keep as close as possible to those wheels , on which acts a brake on the hand. In most cases, the rear wheels are. Hot-air blowers, or other devices you prefer to leave in the house, as the heat of the Föhnes is completely sufficient. Once the brakes are warmed up, should the hand brake fully functional again.
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Franziska Kaindl