2007 automatic 2.5 Renault master handbrake (drops to floor) (2 Viewers)

[PeterCarole29]

I saw a van today and put a deposit down subject to a test drive and habitation test (its being done by some one i have heard good things from)
I have never had the auto version so am not the slightest knowledge wether its normal for the handbrake to fall to the floor . I think only someone who has had one or has used or has talked about it before will know or maybe another model.
Thanks in advance

 

[Guigsy]

Like this?
Post in thread 'First problem with the new build.' https://wildcamping.co.uk/threads/first-problem-with-the-new-build.63738/post-845611

 

[PeterCarole29]

Like this?
Post in thread 'First problem with the new build.' https://wildcamping.co.uk/threads/first-problem-with-the-new-build.63738/post-845611

Thankyou but no This post is referring to the normal operation but that it gets in the way of the drivers side swivel seat
(the fix for that is to tilt the handbrake to one side with spacers)

What i saw today need to know if its normal for the automatic van that the handbrake just flops to the floor very different to the manual gearbox
I have had probably 15 masters in 40yrs but never an auto

 

[Dazzlin]

We had a manual Renault 2007 and it dropped to the floor to allow drivers seat to swivel

 

[mitzimad]

my 2007 renault burstner is the same after the hand brake is a applied it drops back to the floor to release you pull to top and release as normal

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[eurajohn]

We had a Mercedes based A class which had that feature, very useful as it stops you tripping over it and as other shave said enables easy seat swivel.

 

[Guigsy]

Thankyou but no This post is referring to the normal operation but that it gets in the way of the drivers side swivel seat
(the fix for that is to tilt the handbrake to one side with spacers)

What i saw today need to know if its normal for the automatic van that the handbrake just flops to the floor very different to the manual gearbox
I have had probably 15 masters in 40yrs but never an auto

The second post says the lever drops down after you've pulled it up.

 

[jockaneezer]

Yeah, my Renault Master (2005) handbrake drops to the floor once you've set it and returns to the floor position as normal when you've released it too

 

[ivorantony]

Yes mine is the same, quite normal, had my Renault auto 12 years and the quick shift system similar to the Fiat comformatic but reliable I’ve just gone and done it now

 

[Dave and Jen]

Yeah, my Renault Master (2005) handbrake drops to the floor once you've set it and returns to the floor position as normal when you've released it too

Mine stays up when applied and stays there until I release it ,then it goes to the floor.
2007 Master
Dave

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[DavidG58]

Not Renault but our Mercedes does, but you do have to push it down after applying, thought I had broken it first time it happened

 

[PeterCarole29]

Thanks for all your replies and happy the difference between manual and this auto is normal

 

[RM_Marine]

Here is the video

 

[Clivefog]

My manual 2007 master drops to the floor. Proper scary the first few hill starts finding no handbrake where you think it is, don't even notice now.

 

[mitzimad]

Thanks for all your replies and happy the difference between manual and this auto is normal

mines manual

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[PeterCarole29]

Here is the video

Thanks from memory this is what it has

 

[ivorantony]

mines manual

I think the difference is if you have swivel seats, to allow clearance,