Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiesbaden
... Dealership also said maybe to disconnect the battery and touch neg and positive ends together to discharge the system- capacitive discharge ...
|
No, no, no. Shorting the cables can cause too much current inside the ECM, BCM, TCM, etc, when the capacitors discharge through a dead short. Can probably get away with it 100 times before it bites you in the *** - but why take a chance?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BettyZ
The capacitors will discharge if you unhook the pos/neg on the batt, pump the brakes a few times, and leave it disconnected overnight.
|
This is the way to do it - it discharges the capacitors through a load (the brake lamps) not a dead short. It only takes stepping on the brake pedal for a few seconds, you don't have to let it sit overnight. Pos or neg post - doesn't have to be both.