Comment on Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 days agoWhat’s stopping people from disconnecting the EPB and manually connecting a battery to the motor to wind it back?
BogusCabbage@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nothing really, if it works, it works, But do have to be mindful though that the wind back function could also be a recalibration of the motor to know where the pistion is in some manufacturers. Some manufacturers the Body Control Module (BCM) might not care that it took 3 seconds longer then last time before there was resistance on the EPB, where as in some it’ll flag that there was a large discrepancy and put a warning on the dash and maybe disable the park brake, or ABS and the BCM will require a test function to be ran to recalibrate the EPB before regaining the functionality, but again this is manufacter specific