Brakeline Corrosion near fittings on 2009 C Class 4MATIC
#27
Corrosion
Just discovered the same problem on my 2009 C300 4matic with 65,000 miles.
My mechanic, who is a friend of mine showed me the lines when it was up on the lift and they are terrible. They are leaking in one place and close to corroding through in several other places.
I’m in Chicago suburbs and he said they are doing a tremendous number of these now.
So many that he said he’s surprised there hasn’t been a class action lawsuit filed.
Have many of you been having this problem?
My mechanic, who is a friend of mine showed me the lines when it was up on the lift and they are terrible. They are leaking in one place and close to corroding through in several other places.
I’m in Chicago suburbs and he said they are doing a tremendous number of these now.
So many that he said he’s surprised there hasn’t been a class action lawsuit filed.
Have many of you been having this problem?
#29
Just discovered the same problem on my 2009 C300 4matic with 65,000 miles.
My mechanic, who is a friend of mine showed me the lines when it was up on the lift and they are terrible. They are leaking in one place and close to corroding through in several other places.
I’m in Chicago suburbs and he said they are doing a tremendous number of these now.
So many that he said he’s surprised there hasn’t been a class action lawsuit filed.
Have many of you been having this problem?
My mechanic, who is a friend of mine showed me the lines when it was up on the lift and they are terrible. They are leaking in one place and close to corroding through in several other places.
I’m in Chicago suburbs and he said they are doing a tremendous number of these now.
So many that he said he’s surprised there hasn’t been a class action lawsuit filed.
Have many of you been having this problem?
May I ask what you ended up doing, and if replaced, around how much the cost was? I'm not sure how I want to proceed now because I was planning to continue driving this car for a while.
#31
Same issue with 2009 GL450
I’m having the exact same issue with my 2009 GL 450. There is no rust or corrosion anywhere else on the car except for the brake lines. I live in Georgia and believe the car has been here It’s entire life so don’t believe it’s ever been driven on heavily salted roads. For me the leak occurred on the two rear lines underneath the rear drivers side door where the lines are secured with a rubber bracket. I noticed that my brakes started fading, and if I sat at a red light, the pedal would slowly go to the floor and then the vehicle would start moving, I would have to let off the brakes and re-pump them to stop again for a few seconds. Just took off the under panels and found that the lines are extremely rusted. Don’t understand how the hell Mercedes could use such an inferior product for their brake lines. My vehicle has a recall for corrosion at the brake booster, but nothing at all for the brake lines. Sounds like this is actually quite a common problem and should be a recall item.
Last edited by evers310; 09-01-2023 at 08:25 AM. Reason: Add info