Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

Baggsy said:
There are supposedly cars now that you can't change the brake pads on, without connecting to a dealer network and using their software.
The era of the $500 oil change is approaching.
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My daughter's 2019 Jetta was the first car I've done brakes on with an electronic parking brake. Normally a dealer uses their software to tell the motor to retract. Or you buy a third party scan tool that has that function. Or you unbolt the electric motor from the caliper and turn the screw by hand. Or you disconnect the electrical connector and apply 12v to the appropriate contacts to retract. I went with the latter since I had a spare powersports battery handy. Still a pain in the ass, but cost me nothing.

What's funny is that once you get past that, VW actually made it easier to replace rotors by not needing to remove the caliper bracket - there's just enough room to tilt the rotor off the hub and sneak past the bracket. The cynic in me says they use the electronic parking brake to discourage DIY, then make the job itself easier for more profit to the dealers.
 
Relax said:
My daughter's 2019 Jetta was the first car I've done brakes on with an electronic parking brake. Normally a dealer uses their software to tell the motor to retract. Or you buy a third party scan tool that has that function. Or you unbolt the electric motor from the caliper and turn the screw by hand. Or you disconnect the electrical connector and apply 12v to the appropriate contacts to retract. I went with the latter since I had a spare powersports battery handy. Still a pain in the ass, but cost me nothing.

What's funny is that once you get past that, VW actually made it easier to replace rotors by not needing to remove the caliper bracket - there's just enough room to tilt the rotor off the hub and sneak past the bracket. The cynic in me says they use the electronic parking brake to discourage DIY, then make the job itself easier for more profit to the dealers.
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I tried to do my Odyssey's rear brakes once...a 2-3hr job ended up taking 8-10hrs, with @GreyGhost driving down from his place to come help me out.

I will never forget that man's good nature to help me out.
 
nobbie48 said:
When you got to the gist of the problem was there a “Gotcha” sticker from Honda?
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The gist of the problem was a momentary brain fart. Don't touch the ebrake button while the disc is removed. There is no logic, it just spins the motor and the threaded actuator inside the caliper comes apart. To fix it, you need to pull the piston, reassemble the ebrake rod, then reassemble the caliper and bleed the crap out of it.
 
GreyGhost said:
The gist of the problem was a momentary brain fart. Don't touch the ebrake button while the disc is removed. There is no logic, it just spins the motor and the threaded actuator inside the caliper comes apart. To fix it, you need to pull the piston, reassemble the ebrake rod, then reassemble the caliper and bleed the crap out of it.
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I'll make sure to call you BEFORE I start my Maverick brakes. Looking online for new rotors + pads this week as I'm feeling a rumble and the front 100% will need to be replaced soon...but I'd rather just do all 4.

Wondering whether OEM Ford or aftermarket is the better option.

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