You know when someone says something you dismiss as being ? Well my lad is the best at it and has lots of practice too but when he looks out of the Kitchen window and says ‘someone’s stealing our car’, that’s not the normal he spouts and I think I should check it out. I ran to the back door to find it locked, took an eternity to unlock it and got out to see the car backing off the drive. As I ran to the car it stopped on the neighbours drive over the road but........there was no one in it. To top it off the doors were locked and I could see the handbrake was on. The wife brought me the keys and I unlocked the car. I managed to get two extra clicks on the handbrake ratchet and after some experimenting I found there are 7 clicks from off to on. I put 5 clicks on it and then tried to move the car with the engine. It could just about move, 6 clicks locked it and with 4 I could move it with my foot out of the door. I can only think the heat has caused it to hold initially and then as components have cooled and contracted it’s released (like the Citroen’s a while back). I’ve told my wife to leave it in gear now and she’s emailed Ford with her concerns. Thank goodness no one was walking on the pavement and no cars were damaged. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

And I thought Lincolnshire was flat!

Used to panic about the same with my Fabia VRS

Pull handbrake on fully. Foot on brake pedal, always gave an extra 2 clicks

It’s booked in for a check up on Saturday. It’s only done 4000 miles so I doubt they will find anything wrong. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

Maybe a few of the teeth on the ratchet part of the handbrake lever are worn. When you pull it up 5-7 clicks, give it a wiggle, Often it will jump down a tooth and thats enough for it to roll away.

Glad no one was hurt. 2012 Evoque
2014 Sport Autobiography
2015 SVR for the fun stuff
2016 Evoque SI4 Dynamic Lux for the daily drive
2016 Defender 90
2018 SVR

Put a couple of big stones or bricks behind the wheels as a back up, I do that to all my cars when I go to sea, just in case. On one occasion it also delayed a would be thief long enough for plod to catch him red-handed trying to figure out why the car wouldn’t move backwards! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

This is why older Saabs wouldn't let they keys be removed from the ignition unless the gearbox was in reverse.

(parked next to a kerb, there's the old 'angle the wheels' thing).