Breaking fault

2005 RENAULT MEGANE
75,000 MILES • 1.6L • 2WD • MANUAL
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WESTY3508
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When starting the car sometimes is says braking fault and the electronic hand break does not work, other times it works fine, then it just goes off again
Apr 12, 2016 at 2:41 AM
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STRAILER
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What happens is the switch that control the system gets dirty or corroded which makes the unit act the way you have described, you will need to replace the switch which should take care of the problem.
Apr 17, 2016 at 12:25 PM
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