Automatic electronic parking brake not engaging

[Alex Stevens]

My Audi A3 2018 (Automatic Transmission) recently went in for a service at an independent garage and before the mini service the electronic parking brake automatically engaged when turning off the engine and opening the drivers door.

I’ve noticed since the service that it has not been doing this and I have to manually engage the electronic parking brake, it no longer does this automatically.

The garage claim they made no changes and are not sure what I am referring to.

Looked in MMI and no settings I can see to fix this. Any ideas?

Edited February 12, 2022 by Alex Stevens

[Steve Q]

This will need plugging in for diagnostics. Did the garage do any work on the rest brakes? As the handbrake should be put in service mode when works being carried out. 

[Alex Stevens]

I feel a bit stupid now - I found out the automatic hill hold button had been pressed to disengage it, so I enabled it again and it is now working as expected !

[Steve Q]

That's good, at least it was something simple 🙂