Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
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EPB : Not releasing
Firstly I know there are a million threads on this but I've got a mechanic coming to looking at my car in an hour an so wanted to get the best advice immediately without having to read thru threads and threads (I'm at work too so it wouldn’t look good).
I've got the dreaded EPB brake fault, the dash reads
PARK BRAKE FAULT
AUTO RELEASE NOT FUNCTIONAL
and the car won't budge!
Now having chatted to the mechanic on the phone he says that pulling the emergency cable might mean fitting a new park brake motor.
Can anyone tell me whats the best thing to do...its an Manual 07 Disco3.
If the guy is saying that then he does not know how the system works.. you need to get the epb off and then get it adjusted to the correct procedure and then see if it works ok if not you will need someone with a FM or AL to unjam it and reset it.
Flack
25th Oct 2012 10:50 am
edwardandtubs
Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
Location: Glossop
Posts: 459
Thanks Flack - so pulling the emergency release cable is ok to do, inorder to get it off and get it to the workshop??
25th Oct 2012 11:02 am
Albert0109
Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: Sunny Essex
Posts: 404
The emergency EPB release cable is not an EPB self destruct cable!
It allows you to manually release the EPB if it sticks on, follow Flacks advice
25th Oct 2012 11:09 am
edwardandtubs
Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
Location: Glossop
Posts: 459
Thanks - puts my mind at rest a little....
25th Oct 2012 11:13 am
edwardandtubs
Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
Location: Glossop
Posts: 459
OK, he's fitted a new park brake switch and now its releasing and going on, however if I try and drive off with the park brake on its still not releasing automatically and showing the 'PARK BRAKE FAULT AUTO RELEASE NOT FUNCTIONAL'.
He did have a SNAP-On computer that he plugged in and did an unjam first too.
Is there a reset procedure to get the auto release working again?
OK, he's fitted a new park brake switch and now its releasing and going on, however if I try and drive off with the park brake on its still not releasing automatically and showing the 'PARK BRAKE FAULT AUTO RELEASE NOT FUNCTIONAL'.
He did have a SNAP-On computer that he plugged in and did an unjam first too.
Is there a reset procedure to get the auto release working again?
From your signature you have a manual car and unless it was set to auto release by the previous owner then it will not auto release.
Manuals apply the epb when you take the key out and you then have to release the epb yourself unless like I have said above it has been set to auto release in the CCF .
Flack
25th Oct 2012 2:02 pm
edwardandtubs
Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
Location: Glossop
Posts: 459
Flack - It is a manual and it was auto releasing beforehand - reading a little into it do I need to do the xyz reset?
Flack - It is a manual and it was auto releasing beforehand - reading a little into it do I need to do the xyz reset?
Yes could be, this fault has been related before to the epb but its more on the clutch side but tied in with the clutch pedal position transmitter.
And its xy not xyz
Flack
25th Oct 2012 2:48 pm
J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 4547
Later manual cars had auto release as standard............2014 D4 XS
2005 D3 SE - Gone
25th Oct 2012 2:51 pm
edwardandtubs
Member Since: 23 Jun 2012
Location: Glossop
Posts: 459
Update: After noticing that the reverse lights were not coming on and 1st and Reverse not showing on the gear display (and the others displaying after a while). It convinced me that an XY reset was in order and so I took the car out before and did it....and it worked (2nd time round). I reckon we slipped the clutch trying to get the damp thing to move with the park brake stuck on.
Hardest thing was finding a long straight quiet road where I live!.
Thanks to everyone that contributed.. don't know where I and loadsa others would be without this forum!!
25th Oct 2012 7:39 pm
StornowayStu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2012
Location: Austin TX
Posts: 331
Given the "fragility" of the EPB, I would not (over)use the auto off driveaway mode. The service manager of my local LR dealer professes he never uses the EPB at all - he just leaves the car in Park (auto trans obviously).
I just spent about $800 getting mine replaced (salvage part and indie labour) and I'm staying well clear of the damn thing....
25th Oct 2012 8:44 pm
Robbie
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I use my EPG regularly - at least twice a week to keep it in shape.
Other than that, it gets parked on the level in 'P'. Needless to say it gives me no issues whatsoever!Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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