Parts for your 2014 Audi Q5-Brake shoes

2014 Audi Q5 Brake Shoes — Are They Used?

For the 2014 Audi Q5 (type 8R), brake shoes aren’t fitted or required. This model runs four-wheel disc brakes with an electromechanical parking brake (EPB) built into the rear calipers, so there’s no drum-style parking brake and no shoe linings anywhere on the car.

This isn’t guesswork. Audi’s factory service information (Elsa/ErWin, Repair Group 46 – Brake System) specifies rear disc brakes with EPB calipers for the Q5 8R. The Audi parts catalogue (ETKA, model 8R, brake group 615) lists rear calipers with integrated motors and wiring, but no parking brake shoe set or drum hardware. Audi Self-Study Programme 404 covering the Electromechanical Parking Brake also outlines the motor-on-caliper design used across models like the Q5. Aftermarket catalogues in AU/NZ (e.g., Bendix/Bosch) likewise show no parking brake shoe listing for the 2014 Q5.

Why no brake shoes on this Q5?

• EPB integrates the parking brake into the rear disc calipers, replacing the need for a separate drum-in-hat and shoe setup.
• Fewer moving parts: no brake cables or shoe adjusters to service