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sealg
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Jan 11, 2014

Use Electric Parking Brake for Toad Break-away ? ? ?

My 2014 Jeep Cherokee has an Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) It is activated with a simple electric switch on the console. So I am thinking of using that EPB brake as the Break-away feature for towi...
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tropical36
Explorer
Jan 12, 2014
sch911 wrote:
I say no way!

The switch has 10 connections, and would require extensive knowlege of the Electric Park Brake Module to pull off what you want.



Surprised?

So, which is the state of default with this system, brake on or off, like what happens with a dead battery and does this system release or activate with 12vdc? I can only think that default, would be BRAKE ON, for it to be fail safe.

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