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Old 10-12-2022, 03:15 AM
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2012 mercedes 220 cdi estate
Brake fail warning

Yesterday I had a complete brake fail due to rear nearside brake pipe failure on my 10 year old C class 220 tdi estate. It had an mot 3 days before with no mention. Luckily very close to home when low fluid level flashed up then lost all brakes. Took rear wheel off as drip just infront of it and removed wheel arch protection to find behind the rubber splash guard at the bottom both pipes had severe rust at the right angle turn and one had failed completely. This can not be inspected unless the inner arch guard is removed. Something you wouldn't or shouldn't expect and extremely dangerous as the time between the low fluid light and brake failure was very short. Not too difficult a job to cut back to good pipe and replace with copper nickel. Well worth taking the wheel off and inner arch guard and inspecting though. Apart from this one area all brake pipes are in perfect condition. Makes you think how many other mercedes have this lurking under the wheel arch liner?



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Good to hear that this didn’t result in a major crash. This post may very well save lives.

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