Hondata + Brake Pad Maintenance Mode

So I know Hondata is a Tuning company for the ECU but I wonder if they would be able to add the Brake Pad Maintenance mode to retract the rear caliper for our Type R's instead of taking it all apart with tools and running into the chance of ruining the caliper. I would even be willing to pay a little extra for that feature but I wonder if that's something they would even consider adding since that feature would be for maintenance and they're just for tuning.
Thanks

Turn off the ebrake when you have it jacked up.

malak33 said:

Turn off the ebrake when you have it jacked up.

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that's what I did, but apparently people are saying that manually turning it back in will cause issues for the ebrake mechanism

02SilverSiHB said:

that's what I did, but apparently people are saying that manually turning it back in will cause issues for the ebrake mechanism

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Correct I've heard some people have ruined their calipers doing it and its around $200-300 to replace and with maintenance mode it retracts the caliper for you.

FK8_JJ said:

Correct I've heard some people have ruined their calipers doing it and its around $200-300 to replace and with maintenance mode it retracts the caliper for you.

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how did they ruin there calipers? I have read some people had issues because of a pulled wire, but nobody of them ruining the caliper?

Hoobastnk90 said:

how did they ruin there calipers? I have read some people had issues because of a pulled wire, but nobody of them ruining the caliper?

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By using a break caliper piston top and pressing the piston back. It apparently damages the e-brake assembly.

There is a safe manual method that involves removing the e-brake motor and turning the shaft to retract the piston.

RedGiant217 said:

By using a break caliper piston top and pressing the piston back. It apparently damages the e-brake assembly.

There is a safe manual method that involves removing the e-brake motor and turning the shaft to retract the piston.

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I didn't mess mine up. I jacked the car up, released the ebrake, used a tool to rotate the piston back (regarding the rear of course). No issues at all and ebrake was worked fine since. Not sure why some have had issues...

are people using a compressing tool vs turning the pistion back in maybe? lol

Hondata would be able to answer this question better. But if they don't, myself and a lot of other people just used this. Plug it in, put rears in maintenance mode, compress the piston back the rest of the way (very little) install pads and remove from maintenance mode. Very cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Autel-AP200-Bluetooth-Professional-Automotive/dp/B07QD4GZW4

I purchased this and tried to go to the brake maint mode and it wont connect is that a specific way to do it

zcEF said:

Hondata would be able to answer this question better. But if they don't, myself and a lot of other people just used this. Plug it in, put rears in maintenance mode, compress the piston back the rest of the way (very little) install pads and remove from maintenance mode. Very cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Autel-AP200-Bluetooth-Professional-Automotive/dp/B07QD4GZW4

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Hmm I did it the way the instructions stated. Did you download the Honda software onto it when it asks? After that I was able to go through the files and click on it, and you can hear the calipers retracting immediately.

Hayabusa160 said:

I purchased this and tried to go to the brake maint mode and it wont connect is that a specific way to do it

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ill give it a try again yea i downloaded the honda software. it asked what country if i recall im not sure if that matters

I wouldn't imagine that it would, let me know how it goes, if you are still having trouble PM me and I'll see if I can recreate what I did and give you step by step directions!

Hayabusa160 said:

ill give it a try again yea i downloaded the honda software. it asked what country if i recall im not sure if that matters

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zcEF said:

Hondata would be able to answer this question better. But if they don't, myself and a lot of other people just used this. Plug it in, put rears in maintenance mode, compress the piston back the rest of the way (very little) install pads and remove from maintenance mode. Very cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Autel-AP200-Bluetooth-Professional-Automotive/dp/B07QD4GZW4

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Wow I didn't even know this existed, Thanks

Hayabusa160 said:

are people using a compressing tool vs turning the pistion back in maybe? lol

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I'm betting they are lol