general problems of the 2005 Mercedes Benz E500

This is not about an accident. It's about the vehicle's condition. Precisely, about the brake service warning. Red warning with beeping on dashboard saying I need to bring it to workshop for service. My wife was driving this car when she felt something was wrong with the car and she brought it to her trustful mechanic for check up right away sameday that mechanic gave up to look any further suggesting a visit to mb dealer.

Per incident was back glass detached from window and broke all over the road and on the back of my car while driving. 2: sbcc pump goes in and out admittedly and type of a no brake issue at all hard as a rock will not move car only has 180,000 miles on it and it’s been doing that since 140,000 miles which did cause me to get in a minor accident on the right side of the car the passenger side where now I’ve had to replace a fender and still have problems because of it.

I was traveling at about 60mph and started to slow to turn off the highway. Suddenly a red brake warning light came on and it took tremendous pressure to slow the car down and I overshot the turn. Then the car had no power. I was 36 miles from my home. I limped at 5-20 mph to a friends house and had the car towed to my home. There was absolutely no warning of any kind of brake problem. The car was driving just fine before this happened. I believe it could have been a much worse situation had I been in any kind of traffic.

Tl the contact owns a 2005 mercedes-benz E500. While driving at an unknown speed, the brakes lost power and did not stop the vehicle. In addition, the �stop driving the vehicle� warning indicator illuminated. The contact used the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to mercedes-benz of encino (888-280-0902, located at 16721 ventura blvd, encino, CA 91436). The technician was unable to diagnose the failure, but assured the contact that the vehicle would be repaired. The failure recurred a couple of times and the vehicle was taken to keyes european mercedes-benz (818-574-5053, located at 5400 van nuys blvd, sherman oaks, CA 91401) where a diagnostic test was recommended. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that he would be called back. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN and failure mileage were not provided.

I was exiting the interstate freeway onto a frontage road (travelling ~45mph). A warning message said that there was a failure of the braking system. I tried to slow down, but had lost all braking power. Fortunately, there was no one in front of me. The vehicle automatically downshifted to a low gear which helped slow me down. I came to a stop in a safe location, put the car in park, and turned off the engine. When I re-started the car, normal braking function returned. The mercedes dealership said that this was a normal issue with this model. A hydraulic unit of some sort needed replacing.

Mercedes E500 2005 126,000 miles while travelling 40mph on city streets the car flashed a red warning message indicating "reduced braking power depress brake prdal fully". This is in relation to the sbc braking system that in the event of a failure resorts to a emergency hydraulic emergency brake back up that mercedes claims allows for adequate braking stopping distance. I would like to stress that the aforementioned statement is not true as I had to swerve on to a sidewalk to avoid an accident. Depressing the brake pedal fully is not suffice and the system loses 90% braking power with only the front axel brakes as operable. The condition and circumstances described herein are not in compliance with the fmcsa in regards to brakes being operable at all times and emergency braking situations. The red warning message cleared upon the next time the engine was engaged which is also of note. Mercedes should be advised to consider recalling cars equipped with sbc as it is a clear safety hazard.

Mercedes benz placed faulty and defective braking systems including a defective sbc hydraulic unit on all of their Mercedes Benz E500 model vehicles. Mercedes is aware of this faulty and defective party that could cause serious bodily injury to occupants at the time of failure. Mercedes benz failed to issue a recall for this faulty brake system and instead extended the brake system warranty for 10 years. However, mercedes never notified any owners of this defective product, therefore, never actually fixed or replaced this defective part. Owner had no knowledge of the defect, were not notified or contacted and received absolutely no communication from mercedes or its dealerships regarding this defect. You only learn of the defect once it fails! upon failure, mercedes is now refusing to take responsibility for this defective product of which they, their company, dealerships and franchises, and certified repair shops have admitted to have knowingly sold cars with this defect and have all failed to provide communications and/or disclosures of any kind to its customers. I have personally contacted mercedes about this defect and am looking to pursuing legal and civil action against them for circumventing the federal safety recall laws to the detriment of its consumers and the general public. Mercedes is in violation of federal law and criminal and civil penalties should ensue. Myself and other similarly situated consumers should be made whole and mercedes should take care of all expenses incurred for this repair. My vehicle failed while driving on a business interstate highway-highway 75 south in atlanta, GA. The vehicle was in motion and began to abruptly come to a stop with warning lights flashing and car disabled itself. Once disabled in the road, the gears would not move and car could not be put back into motion.

Takata recall.

The sbc pump failed causing me to lose braking power while driving causing me coming close to having a rear end collision on the interstate.

Have vehicle for 4 months and was unaware of mercedez benz extended 10 year warranty, before this incident. While driving approximately 30 miles per hour the instrument cluster flashed red with "decreased braking power, stop driving and visit workshop". Unfortunately, I was travelling at mid day in traffic and could not stop the car, without pressing the brake with both feet to the floor, and I still managed to blow through 2 red lights, but not kill anybody. (it took over 3 blocks to stop. ) this is obviously a recall issue, as 750 TSB's have been filed against this model. If owners choose not repair this malfunction(5000 cost). . . People will die,,,kids will die. Brake systems such as these have been eliminated by car makers because of the dangers. Ntsb, it is your responsibility to realize that these "dangerous" vehicles are on the road and demand mb extends the warranty until all "dangerous" cars are on the road and need repairs. These vehicles are no different than a loaded gun. . Just waiting to kill someone. I hope to hear some action quickly. . . Yours truly, a guy driving a loaded weapon.

The contact owns a 2005 Mercedes Benz E500. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the service brakes warning lights illuminated. The contact then stated that when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to respond. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the braking system pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 114,000.

The mercedes model e class from 2003-2008 have a defective sbc unit which control the brakes on the car, this unit is prone to fail at anytime time without warning, I have researched this and it has happened to thousands of people, I will be shocked if this hasn't caused a fatality, mercedes is aware of this problem and they issued a 10 year warranty to fix this, but if the unit fails after the 10 years they will charge you over $2500 to repair something that they manufactured defective, which is insane. This is a repair that should be covered for the life of the vehicle, I guess to them, a life is only important for 10 years. Something should be done to correct this before lives are lost (or more lives are lost) because of this ludicrous error on the part of mercedes.

I was exiting the freeway, pressing on the brakes. The car pulled very aggressively to the left, I got a warning light on the instrument panel flashing red that said there was a brakes issue. I pulled over to the side of the road, turned the car off and back on and was able to drive it normally with no error displaying on the instrument panel. I took it to the dealer for service, they said without a fault code in the system, there was nothing they could do about it and that I would have to wait for it to fully fail before they could address it. I'm scared of this car now, I don't dare drive it. Something needs to be done about this, any other system fine, but brakes? this should be a no brainer. Nhtsa, please help us.

There was an extended warranty on the sbc unit, which expired December 5, 2014. The message in my car appeared on or about December 17, 2014 of the failure of the sbc unit thereafter which I contacted the pompano florida Mercedes Benz dealership regarding the issue. Although I was advised that the warranty expired December 5, 2014, I was concerned about the safety of the vehicle and therefore took my car in to the dealership Saturday, December 20, 2014. At that time, the service manager advised me that the part was out of warranty and that I would be responsible to replace the unit. I had to bring up the warranty to the dealership, this information was not volunteered to me. I was advised that it was unsafe to drive the car as the unit controlling the break system was broken and there was no control over the breaks, which could fail at any moment. I asked mr. Banks (the service manager) to explain to me how Mercedes Benz would extend the warranty on this particular part that controls the breaks that was clearly a safety issue and no notification was provided regarding this? the response I received from him and Mercedes Benz USA was that this was not a safety issue, just a warranty extension on the part. You can see how ridiculous this sounds to any human being. I have owned this vehicle for 5 years now and the previous owners were my parents who bought it new from the annapolis, maryland Mercedes Benz dealership. Neither one of us ever received any notice regarding this extended warranty. I have also taken my car multiple times to the pompano florida Mercedes Benz dealership and this issue was never brought to my attention. This is clearly a safety issue and they need to take responsibility. I ended up paying $1060 after fighting with them on paying the full price. Mercedes benz needs to take care of this before people die.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Mercedes Benz E500. The contact stated that all the lights in the instrument panel illuminated and the message board displayed reduce braking power. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the hydraulic brake pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000. Djr.

The sbc sensonic brake control on my 2005 mercedes was faulty and according to recall website on this vehicle this is a recall part reported to nhts. Recall # 2005070007 and 2005110001 the dealership refuse to replace the faulty part for free. This is supposed to be a recall part. I purchased the car used from the dealer March 2013 but they did not tell me about this issue, after I asked them if any recall on 2005 mercedes. The service mgr said its a warranty issue, to my knowledge recall does not expire. And is not the same as warranty.