The driveway where I park my RRS is very steep, not very long but very steep. When I try to reverse off it sometimes stops going backwards and rolls forwards which is quite scary !! This is my first time owning/driving a RRS and I would appreciate any advice a more experienced driver could offer. Many thanks in advance.

best solution is to put it in Low Range to reverse out  --
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Thanks very much, I will certainly give that a try

Try reversing onto your drive so you can drive off forward.

Low range, as suggested. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Mine is on a short but steep drive. Never needed low range, even with the back seats down and a heavy load on board. I think I understand your problem in that I reverse up onto mine and drive forward out and you need to be fairly smart in coming off the gas and onto footbrake in order to stop the lurch forward in my case.

My tip is a steady amount of gas as it starts up the incline to stop position, then quickly onto footbrake at right place. Hold on footbrake and select neutral. Then fully select parkbrake while holding on footbrake. Then shift to park, gently releasing footbrake so as not to overstress park selector pawl in gearbox by a quick release of footbrake. This will work in any direction, solve the problem you raise and won't stress the gearbox..

Oldandconfused wrote:

Try reversing onto your drive so you can drive off forward.

^^^^^ This Much safer too. Steve.

still, if it's really steep, just use low range, that's what it's there for --
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I had a situation many years ago with my Discovery 1 V8. I started the engine up in a confined area one morning from cold with the transfer case in low range. The brakes would not hold the car during the fast idle period when in reverse or drive. No problem when the brakes were warm and no fast idle.

Father Jack wrote:

Then fully select parkbrake while holding on footbrake. Then shift to park, gently releasing footbrake so as not to overstress park selector pawl in gearbox by a quick release of footbrake. This will work in any direction, solve the problem you raise and won't stress the gearbox..

That's what I was suggesting ?

I would select park after releasing the footbrake, not before as you suggested (I think). 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Definitely!

Stop using the foot brake. Select EPB on, select Neutral, release foot brake slowly and confirm it is holding on the EPB then reapply the foot brake and select Park.

That way you are not holding on the transmission pawl - which is a very small pin.

Ps. If it doesn’t hold get the EPB adjusted.

Further to the other replies already offered...

Have you considered moving house?

Try parking sideways. Rolling sideways off the drive would be so much cooler. Noisy black one