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Hey there, I have a 2016 i40. The battery died and we needed to push the car out of the way. But we couldn’t because of the handbrake. With a dead battery, we couldn’t release the brake as the car couldn’t start. Anyone know how to manually release the hand brake?

Hello all, I have a 2016 i40. We had a situation where the car was on flat ground, however the hand brake was applied after habit. The car was turned off, but then wouldn’t start. Likely a dead battery, but we needed to move the car. But we couldn’t because the hand brake was on. With the...

Hi, I recently took my 2006 Coupe into Kwik-Fit (I know, big mistake) for an MOT and it failed on the handbrake. It was reaching 7%, I had a look at the adjuster myself (because they couldn't have a look at it for another week) and I noticed that the handbrake cable on the left side looked...

Hi, I have a 2013 Hyundai i20 which I bought a week ago. The braking power in general is ok, but not great. Also the handbrake lever is too easy to pull up. And when I parked uphill this weekend, the car was rolling away even though the handbrake was fully engaged. Yesterday I decided to...

2012 i20 (UK) Disc Rear Brakes with Handbrake Shoes inside Disc. I could find very little on this online, most videos were little help, hopefully this will help others. Notes numbered same as images. 1. Fitting Pads simply requires removing two 14mm set screws. Piston simply pushes back with...

Hi, How do I tighten the ix20 handbrake? I changed all rear pads easily enough but cannot see how to adjust the handbrake / tighten it. It comes up quite high, well pretty much all the way, and is quite slack when down with no tension for a couple of inches on the way up. No videos anywhere...

Handbrake has to be pulled right up to get it to work. Won't hold on a hill. Is there an easy way to adjust it as nothing happens until the 5th click? Pads look fine as do the disks and nothing is binding. Thanks all