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Parking Brake System: Adjustments






Parking Brake, Adjusting

The parking brake must be adjusted after replacing the parking brake cable and the brake caliper.

- Depending on the center console version, either remove only the cupholder, the rear cover or the entire center console.

- Operate brake pedal forcefully at least three times.

- Engage the parking brake three times and release it.

The parking brake lever must go back into the rest position by itself under the first detent.

Parking brake lever in released position.

- Tighten adjustment nut - arrow (close-up) -..






- ..until levers - 1 - on brake calipers lift off from stop - 2 -.






- The distance - a - to the stop - 2 - on the left and right brake caliper must not exceed 1.5 mm together.

- Check whether wheels turn freely.

Due to the automatic rear brake adjuster, there is no need to adjust the parking brake after making initial adjustment.