Parking Brake Fiasco

[sutherland]

The story so far:

My offside electric motor failed so it went to the specialist for replacement. They phoned me halfway through the job to say the nearside also needed replaced. I said the only fault code was with the o/s when it left ... not by the time it got there.

They had an o/s calliper, but the n/s was not available anywhere until the beginning of July, so I spoke to A8 Parts who said they could supply the motor. I asked, what if the calliper is seized and was told it is always the motor. In the end the motor was cheaper from Audi than A8 Parts, so the specialist ordered it in, but it turned out the calliper was seized and the new motor got wrecked in the process (unfortunately for them). In fact both callipers were seized and for the o/s VCDS reported 'resistance to movement'.

Anyway, now back to square one with no handbrake and no refurbished callipers available until July. Does anyone know where I might find a n/s calliper in stock? The advertised prices vary from £240-£390, but it seems they all have the same supplier and cannot get them.

I don't blame the specialist--they're good and several folk on here use them.

Any help would be appreciated.