Toyota C-HR, EPB or BSM error

When an EPB error appears on the dashboard of the Toyota C-HR, the car is blocked, power steering does not work, the car will not start.

Message: EPB shift interlock function activated

It is a rather rare error and, generally, after this message, other messages appear in sequence:

BSM not available

EPB not available

and also EPB shift interlock function deactivated

First attempts to turn the power off and on again usually do not produce any results.

Getting out of the car, closing the car, getting back in the car and trying to start the car again do not give any results either.

Solution?

• Pull and release the automatic brake a couple of times
• Get out of the car. Wait 5 minutes.
• Try to start again.
  
  

Check that the key has a charged battery (you may have received the message a few days earlier: key/remote control  battery to be replaced).

This error occurs when you leave the car idle for a long time and the auxiliary battery, not the main battery, is discharged, as it is smaller and less powerful.

Check the auxiliary battery from a Toyota Service Centre.

Also read the full review with all the weird stuff from 2017:

Toyota C-HR Hybrid. Review. Goods, faults and solutions!

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