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Electric Parking Brake (EPB) Locked

The parking brake remains engaged.

The fault is usually signaled by the parking brake warning light.

NOTE:

If the system is working manually and a change of state (OFF/ON) is requested through the button, the system signals any fault (impossibility of changing state) through a buzzer.

STEP OPERATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT TEST RESULTS
CHECK USING DIAGNOSIS EQUIPMENT EVERYTHING OK PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED OPERATION
1  Connect the diagnosis equipment and check the following in CAN INFORMATION:
  • No control unit inactive;
  • That there are no faulty control units;
  • No control unit with faulty Controller Area Network (CAN) circuit;
Go to Step 2  . 1. Control unit faulty 1. Proceed as instructed by the diagnostic scan tool.
2. Control units with faulty CAN circuit 1. Proceed as instructed by the diagnostic scan tool.
2  Connect the diagnosis equipment and check on the Antilock Brake System (ABS)/EPB control unit in error environment mode:
  • that there are no faults
End of diagnosis 1. Errors present 1. Proceed as instructed by the diagnostic scan tool.
2.EPB switch error Go to Step 3  .
3  Check operation of the parking brake switch and continuity/insulation of connectors between switch and ABS/EPB control unit. Refer to PARKING BRAKE, DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION . End of diagnosis 1. Switch fault 1. Replace the switch. Refer to SWITCH, ELECTRIC PARK BRAKE, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
2. Connections broken/not insulated 2. Repair the electrical connections.