How much to adjust 2013 X1 handbrake (not electric)

[uknick]

The handbrake needs more than 3 clicks to fully put it on properly. I assume the cable has stretched as it has spent most of its 12 years parked with the handbrake on.

A couple of main dealers have quoted about £250 including VAT to adjust it. This seems very costly for what may be about 10 minutes work whilst it's in for its 12 year service.

Or, am I not fulling understanding the work involved?

[Pica-Pica]

uknick said:

The handbrake needs more than 3 clicks to fully put it on properly. I assume the cable has stretched as it has spent most of its 12 years parked with the handbrake on.

A couple of main dealers have quoted about £250 including VAT to adjust it. This seems very costly for what may be about 10 minutes work whilst it's in for its 12 year service.

Or, am I not fulling understanding the work involved?

I have just checked my F30 and it is 5 clicks, and that's is what I would expect, I could even get 6 if I pulled hard. Looking at the parking brake lever angle, that seems normal. My wife's Fabia is about 5 too, and not excessive. Why do you think more than 3 clicks is excessive? The F30 is 9 years old, the Fabia 13 years old.
I expect you know this, but with a drum-in-hat rear brake set up (a drum for parking brakes, and a disc for service brake), you do need to occasionally bring the car to a halt on the parking brake (from about walking pace), to ensure the shoe and drum get some moving frictional use.
Nowadays, parking brake cables rarely stretch enough to be significant.

[uknick]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere, or saw on YouTube, about the 3, or 4,clicks.

What ever the correct clicks are, it needs more than when new, and my other half has a little difficulty pulling it up to stop it rolling away.

However, I did not know about bringing it to a halt on the handbrake, so I'll try this before she books it in. Thanks.

[Chris_i8]

I got the local family garage we use to adjust the handbrake on my partner's old F31 when it was in for a service.
I can't remember the exact figure on the invoice but I want to say something like £50/60.