Brakes
Electronic parking brake retraction
Rear brake work on many modern cars starts at a menu, not a wheel. The parking-brake motors must release their grip before the piston can be pressed back, and commanding that reliably is scan-tool territory on most platforms. Tools and per-platform notes below.
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Tools this job calls for
Requirement levels come straight from the job catalog. Required tools block the job; the rest make it faster, cleaner, or safer.
- OBD scan tool (OBDEleven / VCDS)Required
- Battery tender / jump packRecommended
- MultimeterRecommended
Vehicle-specific notes
Where verified data exists for this job, and how far each row is verified. The values themselves (capacities, torque) live in the product, attached to an exact vehicle: an unsourced value never gets printed, and this page prints no values at all.
- Audi · B9Community-verified — confirm for your VIN
- Audi · 2010 and laterCommunity-verified — confirm for your VIN
Verify your car actually has EPB (a switch, not a lever) — this row covers the late-2000s-onward norm.
- BMW · F30 / G20 / F80 / F87Community-verified — confirm for your VIN
- Volkswagen · MK8 / CD / A7Community-verified — confirm for your VIN
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