Braking system fault + stop

[HokumPokum]

This happened after I took out my wheels for a deeper clean and parking brake will no longer engage so P just flashes.

I have had the rear brakes act up before and the dealer simply added /topped up brake fluid and reset everything. It was then ok.

But this isn't going away. I wonder if i simply disconnect the battery for 24 hours and re-start?

Has anyone else solved this or its a dealer visit? Car is driveable just annoying and no parking brake.

How do you engage P in the transmission?

[Top Banana]

To put transmission into P you just hold the neutral button to down for around 3 seconds...

Sorry but can't help with other issue of e-brake not functioning...do you think it's been triggered by removing wheels to clean them ?

[HokumPokum]

nah. the single caliper incorporating the parking brake is just not robustly designed.

I hope the reset fixes it. otherwise will go to orpington again. It's such a waste of time.

[STSCH]

Had this at the end of my warranty period. Required a new caliper, but occured more frequently if the car had not been on charge. This led the dealer to diagnose a faulty alternator as well which was replaced as a recall.fine since.

[HokumPokum]

Tx. the reset didn't do anything.

I'm near the end of my warranty period so I'll be calling the dealer tomorrow.
Car drives the same. It just doesn't have a parking brake.

[HokumPokum]

my battery is also showing low voltage when parked (12.5V) even if the State of Charge is ok.
maybe that's an issue. I'll try and switch to another battery to see if it works.

What I 'd try and avoid until the dealer visit is for them to simply reset the computer and it works again........

[HokumPokum]

and lo and behold.... turned up at Alpine and the fault magically disappeared. Alpine erased the fault code and so far so good... But, i don't trust it.

[PHusername]

HokumPokum said:

and lo and behold.... turned up at Alpine and the fault magically disappeared. Alpine erased the fault code and so far so good... But, i don't trust it.

I hate it when that happens. I've been on the other side too, & I totally believe the customer, but you can't fix what isn't wrong at the time.