I have never worked on EPB myself but read a bit about them. Plenty of work on Brakes in General.

You need a Diagnostic Tool to retract the Pistons.
Foxwell seem to get recommended on here. NT415 looks like it will do the job but around £100.

Alternatively, I would imagine most Independent Garages will have a suitable Tool and could change the Pads for you at a reasonable cost.

 

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If I need to buy a tool for £100 I think I’ll let the Kia garage do it they quoted £140 pounds. So it wouldn’t make sense for me to do it. 😏

 

I always see these devices as an investment. Yeah it might cost £100 in the first place but you take the car to get diagnosed at a dealer or independent garage, they can charge you £60 just to plug it in. Next time it comes to replacing your brakes the price of the device would have paid for itself and you can feel the accomplishment of doing it yourself. Also I am paid in beer for diagnosing friends cars, bonus!

 

The Diagnostic Tool has a lot of functions that will work on many Makes and Models.
Possibly the OP thought it was just a Tool to retract the Pistons on a Ceed? In which case, it would not be worth the bother.

£140 for Kia to replace the Pads. It would pay for itself immediately if you discount the OP's time.

 

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I looked at the foxwell NT415 and this is now a discontinued tool I’m currently looking at alternatives that can adjust electric parking brakes as you and Stonie have said it makes sense to have the tool rather than just paying the garage to do it every time.

 

I did my rear discs and pads on my 2017 Ceed 4 about 6 months ago myself without needing to reset anything, I unbolted the EPB motor from the caliper and using a torx bit rewound the pistons manually. Once it was all put back together I reengaged the handbrake for the motors to wind the pistons back out to normal position.

 

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Thanks that’s exactly what I wanted to hear from someone that has done the job.
Many thanks I’ll give it a go now.