if your having difficulty getting it off of maintenance mode when completed and assembled properly, check your battery voltage, a low battery will cause issues removing maintenance mode...ive experienced this myself and had to put a charger on it and it came right off
My lady’s brother paid me $350 for this job. You helped so much! One of the best maintenance videos I’ve seen. Wish you were there for old Land Cruisers
Thank you for a video with clear and concise instructions. I am an automotive mechanic and have just done my first set of cx9 rear pads. Worked perfectly! 😀. Subscribed.
This is the best video on the subject. There's not a ton of other videos specific to CX9 brakes, but none of them are remotely close to being as thorough as this one. Thanks for the great video!
OK so this video is almost ** perfect. I think you should place in front a warning on using the service mode. Like "Don't use it when brake caliper is off rotor / don't step on brake by accident. I went through the cycle with it off the rotor. It over extend and I went through hell fixing it. Had to tear it down, then repair, and deal with setting it up again. Air issue and sensor issue. 😭😭😭
Thank you for the video. I have the same vehicle and followed your video exactly. It is so easy to follow, video quality as well as positioning is fantastic! Sound quality is great and step by step instructions were spot on. Thank you! You got a new subscriber!!
I followed these instructions for my mazda3. This is the first vehicle I've owned with an electric parking brake. My dad and I were having issues so did a quick google search and came across your video. Very easy instructions. Thank you for posting!
As others have said, this video is excellent. I am just getting into DIY'ing, especially for autos, and just kept thinking, "This is going way too smoothly." You fool-proofed it.
Great video! Thanks! First change 2yrs ago (2020) was done by the dealer. They claimed their computer was needed to "reset" the e-brake. Cost about $75. This time, hanks to your video, it cost just $25, and hour of my time. During the replacement, I eventually just removed the entire caliber mount to insert the inside pads. Imo, the clip design makes the job much more difficult than it should be, and removing the mount makes inserting the inside pad considerably less fiddly.
Thanks! Your video was perfect! I appreciated all the detail. I was able to change out the brake pads in just a couple hours and they are working perfectly! Thank you!!
Thank you. Watched another video that showed what u did but NEVER mentioned taking the car back out of maintenance mode at the end. (P!) Parking brake warning lite stayed on until I watched ur video. Thx v helpfull.
I should’ve watched this BEFORE I attempted this brake job! 😔😢 I think…noooo, I KNOW I a role my rear brake actuator because I just went after it! 😤 At least I can get it back after watching this video! Thank you!
@@backyardchevy328 i have a Mazda CX9 getting the brakes done as we speak and the shop said they have to use the acm computer to retract the rear brake motors…
Nobody is just trying to “charge you” these Mazdas don’t need the scan tool to do it but mostly everything else does. They probably just were unaware but I’m sure they found out. Also shops go off standardized labor guides , and don’t typically add extra time since if extra time is required it would be as part of the labor guide not determined by the shop
wow my friend said he try to do it by himself unknowing he have to do all this process now he want me to do it and I start learning how thanks so much for the inf
Will the maintenance mode also work on a 2020 mazda3. I thought u needed a obd2 scanner to retract the caliper if i don't i can do it my self & save so much money on labour. I always did my own brake jobs on all my previous cars cause they had a cable handbrake. Fingers crossed this works
Timely video for me. Estimate to change pads was 600. Looked up to see if there was anything weird about such a new vehicle, and your video popped up. Youngest vehicle I've done brakes on is a 97 XJ. Nothing fancy on there.
@@raystinsky i believe when im tightening em i show how u can hold the pin with the nut in the back with a wrench then tighten the caliper bolt(but instead youll be loosening)...yea its at about 7:47 time
@@backyardchevy328 thank you. I double checked. I think a thread is fouled. My torque wrench doesn't appear to be working at lower settings. I ramped up the ft lbs and tried it on some lug nuts, but when I lower it, there's nothing. I'll have to pull that caliper later and replace the guide. I'm glad that's the part that's threaded and not the caliper
Bleeding is only required if you are removing the brake hose which you wouldn't be doing when changing pads. When you remove the hose it let's air into the system and you are required to bleed the air out. Unless your brake pedal is very spongey I'd dark/dirty you should be alright without bleeding your brake fluid :))
I did my but my cx9 in maintenance mood before removing the caliper, now I I need to get a new caliber from Mazda but I have no idea what the part number is do you by chance.
Did my back brakes on cx5 2019 it went great but a yellow parking break light and a yellow looks like a collision light comes on but the brakes seem fine any answer to this
I didn't watch this video before starting to replace the brake pads and the the piston is all the way out. I can't compress it at all. Any idea how that can beachieved now. And putting the car in the Maintenance mode now won't retract the piston either. Any help would be great. 😧
Yes they do normally have em installed or it may be in the box where u have to peel off the backing to stick it on...but the oem ones i believe sell em separately
I made the mistake of the piston coming out to far and breaking the seal on the gasket. I bought a new repair kit and cannot get the gasket in. Driving me crazy. Any help?
Put in in maintenace mode then take it out of maintenace mode before you do anything if it doesnt work correctly take it to a shop or buy a scanner you don't want to be stuck in maintenace mode and you have only 5 seconds to do the gas pedal push or pull parking brake switch.
If you don't get it fully into maintenance mode the first time, and cannot easily compress the piston fully, then you need to put things back together with the old pads and take out of maintenance mode (see end of video) and put it back in maintenance mode again, and it should work. Trying over and over to put it in maintenance mode when it's already there will just waste a lot of time...
I have a 2018 CX9, rear caliper is fully extended will not retract. I tried maintenance mode, I tried removing the motor and manually pushing it in with no success. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions PLEASE!! Cause right now I can’t even take it to the dealer!
Just out of curiosity, at the very end of the video you say to release the accelerator pedal, did you mean the brake pedal or did I miss the part where I'm supposed to hold down the accelerator to get it out of maintenance mode?
Well first u pump the brake pedal to remove any space between the caliper piston and the brake pads...then yes to remove it off of maintenance mode..you press and hold the accelerator plus lifting the button at the same time to get it out of maintenance mode
Do I have to do this if I’m only working on my front brakes? My front brakes are squeaking (high pitch) so I wanna take a look at what’s going on. Also once I jack up both front tires would I be able to spin each of the front tires freely? I’ve only ever worked on front wheel drive cars so I don’t know if only jacking up the front tires will allow me to turn them freely since this is an awd vehicle. (2018 CX-5)
Well technically its front wheel drive with all wheel drive so the front wont spin freely..and no u dont have to put it into maintenance mode for the fronts..only for the rear...the high pitch squeal could be the brake pad warning tabs if the brakes are low on material already
@@jarredcarbonel8224 putting it in neutral will allow u to spin the fronts..just put chocks in front and the back of the rear wheels..its not full time all wheel drive its more of a front wheel slip detection awd
I think your video is very informative. However I think you should remove the caliper bracket and rotor for those who's rotors are too bad to pad slap. I know how but I'm just saying for those who don't know how
The Stealership wanted $999.00 to do all four brakes. Told them to pound sand. I did it all for a little over 100 bucks. Make sure to grease those pins. My rotors were not warped so no need to get them turned.
Well if it fully extended it may need to be replaced..you can try separating the motor and compressing the piston that way then see if it still functions properly
Conor Long - I did the same thing (pulled the caliper off then put it in service mode, causing the piston to overextend). I found this method on another post. First, make sure you are in service mode, then disconnect the electrical connector from the electronic parking brake (EPB) motor and remove the motor from the back side of the caliper. Then, using a large C-clamp (or whatever tool or device you have) 1) apply pressure to the piston in until it stops, then 2) turn the EPB nut on the back (of the caliper) clockwise until it stops or the pressure on the piston is relieved. Repeat these two steps until the EPB nut will not turn any more. At that point, you should be able to seat the piston completely. Then you are ready to reinstall the EPB motor and reconnect it. I used this method and was able to get the piston back in its proper position. Hope this will help someone.
Changed pads and took it out of maintenance mode. If i engage the parking brake then turn off car wait 20 seconds and then start it and disengage parking brake, it works, both rear parking brakes engaged and disengaged and both parking brake light are out. NOW, if you have the engine running and engage parking brake and then disengage it, brake light starts flashing as well as the light on the button. Both brakes are disengaged. When i engage them again, only the driverside rear is engaged and lights still flashing. I disengage the parking brakes and it releases but light still flash. I can replicate this everytime. Downside is you cannot use your cruise control if these lights are still blinking. I shut the car off, wait 20-30 seconds and the lights will go out and your back to normal. Have you ever experienced that.
cx9 2019 not coming out of maintenance mode, what did I do wrong? The motor does spin for roughly 10 seconds but still stays in maintenance mode. HELP.
For anyone who has the same problem. I bought mx808 scanner, plugged it in, went to maintenance, and did the same coming out of maintenance mode steps --- that fixed it.
I cannot get my car to go into maintenance mode for the life of me. I'm doing exactly as the video says. Press ignition 2x. Hold down gas and ebs and then press start 3x and continue holding down. Nothing is happening.
