{"id":59996,"date":"2020-05-11T18:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T01:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=59996"},"modified":"2020-05-11T18:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T01:33:54","slug":"park-brake-activation-switch-2019-bmw-x1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/05\/park-brake-activation-switch-2019-bmw-x1","title":{"rendered":"Park Brake Activation Switch 2019 BMW X1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-bmw-x1.png\" alt=\"2019 BMW X1\" class=\"wp-image-60105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-bmw-x1.png 649w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2020-bmw-x1-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parking Brake Activation Switch R&amp;R<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><strong> Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> First unlock connector (1) and disconnect, Fig. 1.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-60107\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch.png\" alt=\"2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch.png 360w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><\/li><li> Release all screws (2), Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Remove switch for electromechanical parking brake (3), Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Press left and right locks.<\/li><li> Pull off connector upwards as indicated, Fig. 2.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"wp-image-60108\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-fig.2.png\" alt=\"2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-fig.2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-fig.2.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-fig.2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-bmw-x1-parking-brake-switch-fig.2-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/> <p><strong>Installation<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li> Join switch for electromechanical parking brake (3), Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Tighten all screws (2), Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Torque EMF switch screws (2) to 2 Nm., Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Connect connector (1), Fig. 1.<\/li><li> Connect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/battery.html\">battery<\/a> ground.<\/li><li> Fit center console cover.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You may find that replacing the switch doesn&#8217;t take care of the problem. Look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/wiring-harness.html\">wiring harness<\/a> to make sure the wires are not getting brittle with age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parking Brake Activation Switch R&amp;R Removal First unlock connector (1) and disconnect, Fig. 1. Release all screws (2), Fig. 1. Remove switch for electromechanical parking brake (3), Fig. 1. Press left and right locks. Pull off connector upwards as indicated, Fig. 2. Installation Join switch for electromechanical parking brake (3), Fig. 1. Tighten all screws&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/05\/park-brake-activation-switch-2019-bmw-x1\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Park Brake Activation Switch 2019 BMW X1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15666,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,156],"tags":[25402,25401,25400,25399],"class_list":["post-59996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-bmw","tag-park-brake-activation-switch","tag-park-brake-switch","tag-parking-brake-switch","tag-x1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Park Brake Activation Switch 2019 BMW X1 - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/05\/park-brake-activation-switch-2019-bmw-x1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Park Brake Activation Switch 2019 BMW X1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parking Brake Activation Switch R&amp;R Removal First unlock connector (1) and disconnect, Fig. 1. 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