RAM 1500 2020 Owner's Manual page 223

WARNING!
Driving the vehicle with the parking brake
engaged, or repeated use of the parking
brake to slow the vehicle may cause serious
damage to the brake system. Be sure the
parking brake is fully disengaged before driv-
ing; failure to do so can lead to brake failure
and a collision.
In the unlikely event of a malfunction of the
Electric Park Brake system, a yellow EPB fault
light will illuminate. This may be accompanied
by the BRAKE telltale light flashing. In this
event, urgent service of the electric park brake
system is required. Do not rely on the parking
brake to hold the vehicle stationary.
Auto Park Brake
The electric park brake can be programmed to
be applied automatically whenever the vehicle
is at a standstill and the automatic transmission
is placed in PARK. Auto Park Brake is enabled
and disabled by customer selection through the
customer programmable features section of the
Uconnect Settings.
Any single auto park brake application can be
bypassed by pushing the EPB switch to the
release position while the transmission is
placed in PARK.
SafeHold
SafeHold is a safety feature of the Electric Park
Brake System that will engage the park brake
automatically if the vehicle is left unsecured
while the ignition is in ON/RUN.
The park brake will automatically engage if all of
the following conditions are met:
The vehicle is at a standstill.

There is no attempt to depress the brake

pedal or accelerator pedal.
The seat belt is unbuckled.

The driver door is open.

SafeHold can be temporarily bypassed by
pushing the Electric Park Brake Switch while the
driver door is open. Once manually bypassed,
SafeHold will be enabled again once the vehicle
reaches 12 mph (20 km/h) or the ignition is
turned to the OFF position and back to ON
again.
STARTING AND OPERATING
Brake Service Mode
We recommend having your brakes serviced by
your authorized dealer. You should only make
repairs for which you have the knowledge and
the right equipment. You should only enter
Brake Service Mode during brake service.
When servicing your rear brakes, it may be
necessary for you or your technician to push the
rear piston into the rear caliper bore. With the
electric park brake system, this can only be
done after retracting the Electric Park Brake
actuator. Fortunately, actuator retraction can
be done easily by entering the Brake Service
Mode through the Uconnect Settings in your
vehicle. This menu based system will guide you
through the steps necessary to retract the EPB
actuator in order to perform rear brake service.
Service Mode has requirements that must be
met in order to be activated:
The vehicle must be at a standstill.

The park brake must be unapplied.

The transmission must be in PARK or

NEUTRAL.
While in service mode, the Electric Park Brake
fault lamp will flash continuously while the
ignition is ON.
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