Parking brake not releasing intermittently

[wga22]

I have the same error that states my brake is either not engaged or not released. I took off the caliper motor and i can manually turn the forked wheel and the caliper would move. So this tell me that the electric motor itself is the problem or the signal to the motor from the computer. How can I tell the difference? What test can I do?

Does anyone have the answer to this?

 

[FatFalcon]

There is also a short harness that goes to each brake caliper which does a lot of bending as the suspension moves up and down. The caliper needs power to move the parking brake in and out, so no power = locked in position, in or out. I've heard of these wires having small breaks which cause random parking brake failure.

It's a super cheap part and easy to replace if you can take your own wheel off. If you're out of warranty it might be worth trying that first. I think it's listed as a 'jumper'.

 

[scsikid]

Yea pretty much just buy the motor and swap it. I did mine when it was problematic and it solved all problems.