Alpine A110 MKII EPB brake pad change OBD

[KTMman67]

About to change discs and pads on my 2025 A110 pure and struggling to find an OBD scanner that has the EPB (electronic parking brake) reset finction. All that I have tried that are supposed to work with the A110 do not work on cars newer than 2024 as the underlying communication system has changed. I have tried even professional systems from iCarSoft to no success. Has anyone got a scanner working on these later cars and what do you ise.

[jont-]

At least on the older cars, you don't need a scan tool, there's a procedure you can do pushing pedals and buttons, but annoyingly I can't find it right now.

/edit, found it...
With car in Park and all doors shut press start/stop without foot on the brake to turn the ignition on
Depress brake pedal and push down park brake button to release park brake
Release button and brake pedal
Depress brake pedal
Depress throttle pedal whilst keeping brake depressed, maintain pressure on both pedals
Press down on the parking brake button and hold it down until the red light on it begins to flash
Release the park brake button and both pedals
With red light still flashing push down on the park brake button
You will hear the park brake whirr for a long time as it fully releases and goes into service mode. The car will make an audible ding and you will get a brake error message
Simply open the driver's door to turn off the ignition and then you can do the rear pad change.
I take the calliper off including the carrier, so it's just the two 16mm bolts on the back. You can pull and wiggle the calliper towards you to push the piston back in, no need for a screw type device.

Once all bolted up reset the parking brake as follows:
Pump the brake pedal to push the pads back to the disc
With car in Park and all doors shut press start/stop without foot on the brake to turn the ignition on
The red light on the parking brake lever should still be flashing
Depress brake pedal
Depress throttle pedal whilst keeping brake depressed, maintain pressure on both pedals
Pull up on the parking brake lever whilst keeping the pedals depressed. You will hear the parking brake whirr as it recalibrates its position and the redlight will stop flashing
Release foot pedals and parking brake button
Depress brake pedal and pull up park brake button to put the park brake on and confirm its function, red light will come on

Edited by jont- on Friday 27th March 09:51

[KTMman67]

Thanks Jont, I will try and update the forum if this still works on later models. I hope it does as I heard of a similar route that did work on earlier cars, but did not work on mine.

[jont-]

Car needs to be on level ground when you start. I've found it a bit fiddly and it's sometimes taken me a couple of attempts to get the order correct when you do it.

[Tuoba]

You’re not alone—this seems to be a common issue on the newer A110 models (2024+). The communication protocol change has definitely made a lot of older OBD tools (even some pro-level ones like iCarSoft) hit or miss for EPB reset.

The manual method Jont shared is actually pretty solid and worth trying, but as he mentioned, it can be a bit finicky. Timing and pedal sequence seem to matter a lot. Make sure:

Battery voltage is stable (low voltage can cause EPB issues)
Car is on level ground
Doors closed (some systems won’t enter service mode otherwise)

If that still doesn’t work, a couple of things you might consider:

Look for newer scan tools that support updated Renault/Alpine protocols (some 2024+ compatibility has been added in recent updates from brands like Autel or Launch)
Check if a dealer-level tool (Renault CAN Clip equivalent) is required for these newer models
Sometimes firmware updates for your current scanner might add compatibility

Would be great if you can update the thread after testing—this will definitely help others running into the same issue with newer A110s 👍