In the 5 years, I had a 2004 D3, I stopped using it unless I really needed to as it was the most unreliable set of components in the car. I had to replace the parking brake motors on both sides, the ecu and the switch in various stages over the first 3 years I had it.
One particular morning, the left hand motor had packed up in the on position on my driveway, much swearing and an hour later, I was mobile again.(There is a tool in the toolkit to manually unwind the caliper.)
Hence my reason for not using it.
The parts were revised a few times over the years and it may be more dependable on the later D3's but theres a lot to be said for a ratchet lever and a pair of steel cables.
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