i jusy picked up my new to me 05 with 100k. i replaced the battery straight away wit a new correct bosch unit. i then went through the EPB reset procedure, and still the messages "unable to apply parking brake" and "parking brake fault" with the non-stop beeping. i read all the threads i could on the subject and tried disconnectng / reconnecting the module wiring behind the right rear boot lining, i tried pulling the F35 fuse. i do hear something moving / engaging / disengaging when listening with the door open. the brakes on the car otherwise feel good with no pulsing / pulling. is this a case of a bad module? can i just swap out the brainbox in the trunk? if so i would like to try to make it by jaguar parts before the they close today!!

if i cant remedy this today , is there a way to at least kill the beeping !!

thanks

 

Or it could be the motor or the cables. More investigation needed I reckon!

 

i will pull the wheels off and have alook , however as the car seems fine to drive , is there anyway to disable the bloody beeping !!!

 

Since you can hear some noise underneath, it's possible that the actuator is working. I'd remove both rear wheels and see what's actually happening at the calipers.

 

thanks , i will definitly do so shortly, but before my wife gets her first ride in this car , i have to disable the beeping , just in case i cant nick the problem right away... please tell me what fuse to pull or wire to cut !

 

well lads, the jaguar gods were merciful today. i took the left wheel off first, checked that things were moving when i attemt to apply the brake , cable end looked good. took the right wheel off and the cable was off the hook on the actuator. i re-attached it , lubed everything up as best as possible , and now the fault is gone and all seems to function as intended !! is there anything that could have cause that cable end to jump off? just to make sure it doesnt happen again

 

Incomplete reassembly from a previous brake job? Absolutely killer potholes? Gremlins at work in the neighborhood? Man, who really knows. Just be glad you found it and fixed it for a zero-dollar cost....

Now, go out and enjoy the car....

 

In over 3 years here & the UK forum I've never seen that reported before so I suspect a bad workman who's done something (recently probably) with the brakes. Look hard at what else may have been fouled up! I'm sure you agree that brakes matter

 

i am still taking in the outcome of this whole thing. i couldnt even guess.. the rotors have good meat on them , the pads so-so , but the rotors look like they were pulled from the sea with the corrosion in the middle fins, so it doesnt look to me like a fairly recent job. i suspect the gremlins!!! now i can breathe a sigh of relief for a while that is....

 

+1 most likely it was operator error when working on the brakes, give them a good check. That annoying chime was doing a good job after all!

 

You've done the right thing by lubing up the cable end and hopefully also the caliper lever and shaft. AFAIK, the only thing that causes the lever itself to move to the 'released' position is the small coil spring on the shaft. If the lever becomes stuck, let's say due to corrosion, the actuator will push the cable end nonetheless and disconnect it from the lever.