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I said this last time and was able to confirm it in the interim. You can just wind it forward and back with a 12v probe. The parking brake system (as most do
by potato3732842 1y ago
I said this last time and was able to confirm it in the interim. You can just wind it forward and back with a 12v probe. The parking brake system (as most do these days) senses amperage draw so just get it close and you'll be fine.
This isn't a hurdle for "real shops" or DIYers. It's a hurdle for Jiffy Lube type shops that can't make having teenagers poke around with test probes official procedure.
- technothrasher 1y agoYep, I've used this method of just putting +12V on the connector pin several times when my Autel tool didn't support the car I was working on.
- PunchyHamster 1y agosssssshhhhh or the next version gonna be CAN bus and with device serial paired to the car
- potato3732842 1y agoThis isn't a new thing. A bunch of cars with electric parking brakes already have this service situation. A lot of mechanics don't even look in software and probe them regardless because fuck getting out your scan tool, groping around in the footwell, plugging in, cycling through menus, trying not to get anything dirty in the process, etc, etc, all for something that can be done from the wheel well where the brake job is already being performed.
- foxyv 1y agoYou just make a tool that plugs into the wiring harness which does it for you. Then Jiffy Lube can sell it to all the Jiffy Lube franchises for $400. (It's really just a small 12 volt lithium battery and a switch lol.)