Difference between revisions of "VW Passat (3C) Parking Brake"

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== Basic Setting ==
 
== Basic Setting ==
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=== Caution! ===
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* Do not perform any of these Basic Settings while the brakes are disassembled!  Opening, closing, function tests, and otherwise cycling the Electronic Parking brakes should only be done with the pads and calipers properly installed on the rotors.
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* Please follow the procedures EXACTLY.  There's a reason for every step.  If you skip any prerequisites or other steps here, you are likely to experience "issues" for which no documented resolutions exist, in which case we will not be able to help you resolve them.
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=== Open Rear Parking Brake ===
 
=== Open Rear Parking Brake ===

Revision as of 13:34, 25 January 2009


Coding

  • 0000010 = Parking Brake without Auto-Hold (North America)
  • 0000011 = Parking Brake without Auto-Hold (Rest of World / PR-UH1)
  • 0000012 = Parking Brake with Auto-Hold (Rest of World / PR-UH2)
  • 0000013 = Parking Brake with Auto-Hold (North America)

Adaptation

Basic Setting

Caution!

  • Do not perform any of these Basic Settings while the brakes are disassembled! Opening, closing, function tests, and otherwise cycling the Electronic Parking brakes should only be done with the pads and calipers properly installed on the rotors.
  • Please follow the procedures EXACTLY. There's a reason for every step. If you skip any prerequisites or other steps here, you are likely to experience "issues" for which no documented resolutions exist, in which case we will not be able to help you resolve them.


Open Rear Parking Brake

Prerequisites:

  • Connect a battery charger.
  • Cycle the Parking Brake ON, then OFF first.

[Select]
[53 - Parking Brake]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 007
[Go!]
Activate the Basic Setting.
[ON/OFF/Next]
The brake pads are now opening.
Important: Wait 30 seconds after the brakes stop moving before carrying out the next step.
Due to a firmware problem in some modules, failure to wait can result in damage to the control module.
[Done, Go Back]
[Close Controller, Go Back - 06]


Close Rear Parking Brake

Prerequisites:

  • Connect a battery charger.

[Select]
[53 - Parking Brake]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 006
[Go!]
Activate the Basic Setting.
[ON/OFF/Next]
The brake pads are now closing.
Important: Wait 30 seconds after the brakes stop moving before carrying out the next step.
Due to a firmware problem in some modules, failure to wait can result in damage to the control module.
[Done, Go Back]
[Close Controller, Go Back - 06]


Function Test

[Select]
[53 - Parking Brake]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 010
[Go!]
Activate the Basic Setting.
[ON/OFF/Next]
The brake pads are now opening and closing 3 times.
Important: Wait 30 seconds after the brakes stop moving before carrying out the next step.
Due to a firmware problem in some modules, failure to wait can result in damage to the control module.
[Done, Go Back]
[Close Controller, Go Back - 06]


Longitudinal Acceleration Sensor (G251)

See Brake Electronics for details.