2008 Volkswagen Passat B6 Parking Brake Fault
2008 Volkswagen Passat B6 Parking Brake Fault
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McArthurr

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Sunday 7th April 2019
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Around 6 months ago I purchased a 2008 Volkswagen Passat B6. Shortly after purchasing, I began receiving "Parking brake fault. See owners manual" when putting the car into park mode. I've been ignoring the problem with it only being occasional, until Friday when I parked up my Passat, the fault came up on the dashboard but this time with a flashing handbrake symbol on the dash. After trying to set off, I realised that my car was stuck in park.

I called the RAC who sent an engineer out to me around 90 minutes later. He wouldn't do anything with it, so had to wait around another hour for a tow truck to come and get my vehicle home. I've since had a mechanic round to get my calliper unstuck, as well as fitting a new EPB motor that I've purchased. Upon investigating, we can see that the old motor had a huge crack down it - but the new motor still isn't working. I've had the vehicle plugged into diagnostics and have two fault codes:

02433 - Supply Voltage for Right Parking Brake Motor (V283)
02442 - Function Lamp in Control Head

Does anybody know what is likely to be the issue? Tests on various components such as the parking brake switch itsellf seem okay, but it won't let us test the EPB control module. Is it likely to be a fault with the module that will need replacing?

Here's the complete log from VCDS:

Saturday,06,April,2019,00:54:53:32264
VCDS Version: Release 11.11.3
Data version: 20120401


Address 53: Parking Brake Labels: 5N0-907-801.clb
Control Module Part Number: 3C0 907 801 J HW: 3C0 907 801 J
Component and/or Version: J540 EPB3 VW-09393 0009
Software Coding: 0000057
Work Shop Code: WSC 05311 000 00000
VCID: 2953E37D80E2031
2 Faults Found:

02433 - Supply Voltage for Right Parking Brake Motor (V283)
011 - Open Circuit - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 11101011
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 122
Mileage: 157645 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2019.04.06
Time: 03:38:51

Freeze Frame:
Voltage: 14.10 V
Count: 31
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Hex Value: 0x1260
Hex Value: 0x0001
Hex Value: 0x1004

02442 - Function Lamp in Control Head
009 - Open or Short to Ground - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 11111001
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 122
Mileage: 157645 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2019.04.06
Time: 03:38:51

Freeze Frame:
Voltage: 13.70 V
Count: 81
Speed: 0.0 km/h
Hex Value: 0x1271
Hex Value: 0x0001
Hex Value: 0x1004