Brakes Failed Problems of Mercedes Benz E320 - part 2

Mi wife was leaving the house to work when at the second turn before exiting to a main street the brakes failed completely with red light warning on the dash. The brake pedal completely collapsed without any effort to stop. Do to the low speed of movement my wife was able to turn the car in to the sidewalk and put it to park. She left the car at the location and used our spare to go to work. My mechanic could nod be certain what the problem is because the car has being performing normal since. We are afraid to drive do to uncertainty that may happen under higher speed and get involved in an accident.

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Brakes failed at 70 mph. "brakes warning" sbc failed. Pull over vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2004 Mercedes Benz E320. The contact stated that the brakes failed while driving 70 mph. The contact was able to coast to a stop. The contact stated that the reduced braking affect warning light illuminated on the instrument panel when the failure occurred. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 05v133000 (service brakes, hydraulic), but was told by the dealer that the warranty had expired and the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was diagnosed and the failure was located at the sensotronic brake pump having failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 81,000.

I was driving on the highway at approximately 55 mph when a warning message flashed across my instrument panel to stop my vehicle immediately. At the same time the traffic in front of me slowed almost to a complete stop. I tried to engage my brakes, but they failed and I had to swerve into the next lane to avoid rear ending an SUV. I was able to work my way over to the shoulder and coast to a stop. I was told by the Mercedes Benz dealer that there are no recalls on my vehicle, but there is an extended warranty on a specific brake part. If the dealer determines that this particular brake part is to blame for the failure, mercedes will cover the cost of the repair. I did some research and found a recall notice on the NHTSA website (NHTSA recall # 04v-296) that appears to include my vehicle. I do not understand why a defect, this serious, would not warrant a recall that owners should be aware of. The outcome of this brake failure could have been very tragic.

Complete brake failure. Almost crashed. I have numerous fault codes in computer, abs code, sbc code, resivior code, etc, etc on a 58,000 milr car! they are telling me only one part has extended warranty and that is the sbc. Everything else I must pay for. The sbc effects all of these other parts and that is crap! like which came first? the chicken or the egg. Why have you not effected a complete recall of this make & model as everyone is having the same problem. You and mercedes are going to get someone killed as the brakes go to manual and it's hard panic stoppng a 3400lb car!!!!!.

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Brake failure while driving vehicle,brake pedal pressure was greater when applied to stop car. Vehicle was not operational after car came to a complete stop. Sbc system was replaced by mercedes dealer,but refused to replace pressure reservoir that also malfunctioned with brake failure.

2003 E320 mercedes brake failure!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought this car in 07 with 65,000 miles a good deal. Fine car! however. . . Today while driving to work a red brake failure warning. . . Flashes across the screen and my car would not stop!!! I am rolling across a small country rd bridge and thankfully am at the bottom of a steep hill. The brake pedal just flopped. . Nothing. . I managed to get it into park and get out with the car still running!!! I've had it towed two hours away. . . While waiting on my husband to get home to go the dealership with me, I located about 3 recalls on this model. . Question. . . What responsibility does this used import car dealer have to me as a customer? they are consulting the mercedes dealership to see if it is indeed an issue with a brake/hydraulics recall. . I don't want to drive this car again. . I owe some money on it. What could I insist they do???.

Car e-320 Mercedes Benz 2003 with 53404 miles while my wife was driving this car, the vehicle panel indicated a total brake failure and she had no breaking response from the car at all. She was traveling at around 40 mph but says she had no one in front of her so she let the car coast to a stop, she had no breaking power at all. At this time she called me and I had her take photos of the car panel lights and then I contacted Mercedes Benz. We know that there has been a recall for this issue on these vehicles, based on information that I found filed with NHTSA. The biggest problem is that the exact same incident happened to her on this same vehicle back in January of 2009. At the time of that incident she was at a parking lot and driving very slowly. We contacted Mercedes Benz and were told to bring the car in. Mb said that the car required an sbc control unit upgrade (software) and the job was done at no cost to us. So here we are, 16 months and about 9,000 miles later with the same issue again, both times this problem could have resulted in a serious accident and we are happy that this was not the case. Although mb has already made an appointment for us and I was told that the problem will be resolved at mb's cost, this time they indicated to me they will be replacing some part (?) and not just doing an electronic update. Of course my wife is now very scared to drive this car, even if they do the repairs and I do not blame her. We will see. In doing internet research I found many other complains that are very similar, where there is a total electronic failure of the break system (no stopping power at all, no dual-system back-up). In other complaints if the car is turned off and then re-started the problem goes away. This is exactly what happened to my wife's car. This problem is serious enough that should be properly addressed and research so as to avoid accidents.

While I was driving the car in 35 miles speed, all of a sudden the brake system failed. I was unable to control my 2003 mercedes e 320 and I was almost dead crossing a heavy traffic area. Fortunately I turned the car left to a parking lot and changed the gear to parking to stop the car and to avoid getting in to the shop. I bought the mercedes with a trust, but I lost my trust. Not only that I am still waiting to get the repairing cost from mercedes due to the product defect.

While pulling into a parking spot, the brakes failed to stop the car.

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