Electronic Parking Brake - Maintenance Mode - Mazda 6 and CX-5

[Archerfish]

This maintenance procedure is for Mazda 6 and CX-5 with electronic parking brakes (EPB). I am not sure if Mazda 3 is equipped with EPB. I hope someone can confirm the procedure for the said car.

When replacing the brake pads, you need to disengage the EPB. You should not turn or force the pistons of the rear brakes or you risk destroying it.

You press the start button twice, without depressing the brakes. This will not start the engine but the ignition switch is ON.

This is what it looks like with the EPB engaged, engine OFF. The parking icon is just above the battery indicator.





Then you depress the brake pedal and release the parking brakes (" handbrake"). The parking icon should disappear.





You now enter maintenance mode by doing the following:

1. Fully depress and hold the accelerator.

2. Push and hold the parking brake.

3. Push the start button thrice.

You should hear a long whirring sound from the parking motor, longer than usual when you are engaging the parking brakes.

You are now in maintenance mode, and you should see the parking icon lit up (with exclamation point) besides the check engine light.





You can now turn off the car and do whatever you need to do for the rear brakes. The rear brakes is now like the front brakes, you can just push the pistons easily and there's no need to turn it.


Once you are done, press the start button twice without depressing the brake pedal.

You can now exit the maintenance mode by doing the following:

1. Fully depress and hold the accelerator.

2. Pull and hold the parking brake.

3. Push the start button thrice.

Again, you should hear a long whirring sound and the parking icon, with exclamation mark, should disappear besides the check engine light.


I have taken the procedure from Mazda 6 forum with the original post from Mazda 247.

DIY: - Rear Brake Maintenance Mode for 216+ Ebrake | Mazda 6 Forums


I hope the Mazda 6 and CX-5 owners will find this easy to follow the way I intended it to be, as I made the procedure exactly the way I did it.

[travajante]

This maintenance procedure is for Mazda 6 and CX-5 with electronic parking brakes (EPB). I am not sure if Mazda 3 is equipped with EPB. I hope someone can confirm the procedure for the said car.

When replacing the brake pads, you need to disengage the EPB. You should not turn or force the pistons of the rear brakes or you risk destroying it.

You press the start button twice, without depressing the brakes. This will not start the engine but the ignition switch is ON.

This is what it looks like with the EPB engaged, engine OFF. The parking icon is just above the battery indicator.





Then you depress the brake pedal and release the parking brakes (" handbrake"). The parking icon should disappear.





You now enter maintenance mode by doing the following:

1. Fully depress and hold the accelerator.

2. Push and hold the parking brake.

3. Push the start button thrice.

You should hear a long whirring sound from the parking motor, longer than usual when you are engaging the parking brakes.

You are now in maintenance mode, and you should see the parking icon lit up (with exclamation point) besides the check engine light.





You can now turn off the car and do whatever you need to do for the rear brakes. The rear brakes is now like the front brakes, you can just push the pistons easily and there's no need to turn it.


Once you are done, press the start button twice without depressing the brake pedal.

You can now exit the maintenance mode by doing the following:

1. Fully depress and hold the accelerator.

2. Pull and hold the parking brake.

3. Push the start button thrice.

Again, you should hear a long whirring sound and the parking icon, with exclamation mark, should disappear besides the check engine light.


I have taken the procedure from Mazda 6 forum with the original post from Mazda 247.

DIY: - Rear Brake Maintenance Mode for 216+ Ebrake | Mazda 6 Forums


I hope the Mazda 6 and CX-5 owners will find this easy to follow the way I intended it to be, as I made the procedure exactly the way I did it.

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