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Brake system - Edition 10.2020
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Parking brake
⇒ a3.2 nd installing control unit for electromechanical parking
brakeJ540”, page 71
⇒ a3.3 nd installing parking brake motor V282/V283”, page 71
3.1
Overview of fitting locations – parking brake
1 - Electromechanical parking
brake button -E538-
❑ Located in centre con‐
sole
2 - Electromechanical parking
brake warning lamp -K213-
❑ Location: in electrome‐
chanical parking brake
button -E538-.
3 - Auto-hold button -E540-
❑ Located in centre con‐
sole
4 - Auto-hold warning lamp -
K237-
❑ Location: in auto-hold
button -E540-
5 - Dash panel insert
❑ With electromechanical
parking brake warning
lamp -K214-
❑ With brake system
warning lamp -K118-
❑ With acoustic signal
6 - Control unit for electrome‐
chanical parking brake -J540-
❑ Integrated into ABS
control unit -J104- and
cannot be renewed in‐
dividually
❑ Removing and instal‐
ling ABS control unit -
J104- ⇒ page 21
7 - Rear brake calipers
8 - Seal
9 - Parking brake motors
❑ Left parking brake motor -V282-, fitting location: on rear left brake caliper.
❑ Right parking brake motor -V283-, fitting location: on rear right brake caliper.
❑ Removing and installing ⇒ page 71
10 - Torx socket head bolt
❑ 12 Nm
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3.2
Removing and installing control unit
for electromechanical parking brake -
J540-
The control unit for electromechanical parking brake -J540- is
integrated into the ABS control unit -J104- and cannot be re‐
newed individually.
– Removing and installing ABS control unit -J104- ⇒ page 21 .
3.3
Removing and installing parking brake
motor -V282-/-V283-
Removing
– Deactivate vehicle’s drive system, and switch off all electrical
consumers.
– Disconnect connector -2- from parking brake motor -1-.
– Unscrew both hexagon socket head bolts -arrows- from
parking brake motor.
– Pull parking brake motor off brake caliper while twisting
parking brake motor back and forth slightly.
– Take out seal.
NOTICE
Take care not to damage annular groove of the seal and the
contact surface of the parking brake motor.
Installing
– Clean annular groove and contact surface of parking brake
motor.
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– Lightly grease new seal -1- and install. Do not twist or dam‐
age seal when doing this -arrow-.
– Grease Torx socket on input shaft of parking brake motor
completely.
NOTICE
The sealing ring must not be allowed to turn out while the
parking brake motor is being installed!
– Carefully push parking brake motor onto brake caliper while
ensuring that seal is seated correctly.
– Turn parking brake motor until bolt hole and thread align.
– If necessary, turn input shaft back slightly using an E11 Torx
socket -A- until parking brake motor can be properly fitted.
– Make sure that parking brake motor is flush with brake cali‐
per. Never pull parking brake motor onto brake caliper using
securing bolts.
– Position hexagon socket head bolts -arrows- by hand and
tighten them.
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– Install connector -1-.
– Carry out basic setting of brake system using ⇒ Vehicle
diagnostic tester.
Torque settings
♦ ⇒ o3.1 f fitting locations – parking brake”, page 70
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