The contact owns a 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH and slowing to a stop at a traffic sign, the vehicle came to an abrupt stop as if the contact had depressed the brake pedal suddenly. The contact stated the "disengage e-brake" warning was illuminated. The contact stated that the procedure had illuminated on the instrument panel to disengage the e-brake, however after following the needed steps the e-brake would not disengage. The contact stated he made several attempts to disengage the e-brake. The failure had become recurring. Additionally, the contact stated that the e-brake failure would occur when the vehicle had been in park(P). The contact stated that several attempts were needed to disengage the e-brake to drive the vehicle. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer who could not diagnose the vehicle and the vehicle was not repaired. The contact eventually towed the vehicle to a second dealer who diagnosed that the e-brake was showing a code error. The dealer corrected the code and repaired the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure had recurred and returned to the same dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the e-brake actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred and the vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 56,000.

- Bergenfield, NJ, USA