Removing the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) motor really isn’t difficult.

The process, as has been posted before is:

1) Car into Jack mode (if possible)

2) Elevate the car and remove the appropriate road wheel.

3) Follow the convolute tube covered cable from the EPB motor until you find the first connector, and disconnect this (you may need a small tool to release the locking tab).

4) Undo the two Torx bolts which retain the EPB motor to the caliper body.

5) Remove the motor – which may require a screwdriver to lever it out, because the alloy corrodes and the motor body cracks and swells.

6) Clean the corrosion away from the recess into which the motor fits.

7) Fit the new motor and follow other steps in reverse.


There’s a good video here which shows a typical VW EPB motor being removed, and at 2:45 shows the cracking that is so typical and allows water ingress.
Note that the generic VW caliper used on other models uses a smaller electrical connector mounted directly to the motor, rather than having a motor with a flying lead as per Phaeton/CGT/A8 which has what appears to be a current monitor on the extra two pins.