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      07-16-2008, 12:32 PM   #15
hotrod2448
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Originally Posted by madman View Post
This car has only covered 5k miles. I do this at least once a day and it has never happened before.

There was a 'clunk' sound when I moved the car forward and the handbrake worked fine straight afterwards.

I know BMW will almost certainly find no fault and I have no way of proving what happened.

I was hoping enough people had suffered the same or similar problem with the brake to reasure me of the fault.

Is it possible that the handbrake handle can be fully engaged but the brakes not engaged?
If the cable is stretched or broken.
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