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Victor_Korchnoi t1_iu31pq3 wrote

I took my Chevy to a shop to have my brakes worked on. The shop couldn’t replace my brake pads because their computer wasn’t able to talk to the brakes. They told me I need to take it a Chevy dealer. This is the exact bullshit that right-to-repair is meant to stop.

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HNL2BOS t1_iu4q0qy wrote

What model Chevy so I know to avoid it?

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damnitnickfoles t1_iu73lqz wrote

Most modern vehicles have electronic parking brakes. If you’re doing the rear brakes you usually need a scan tool to place the brakes into a “service mode” or to retract the calipers. Kind of annoying, but honestly any shop with a decent scan tool should be able to do it. Some vehicles (Mazda for one) have a manual procedure you can do that requires no scan tool at all. It definitely doesn’t have to go to a dealer, but at least another shop with the proper equipment.

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