2004 SS - Brake pedal is quite soft.
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2004 SS - Brake pedal is quite soft.
This has not happened over night or just recently, but my brake pedal has always been quite soft ever since i bought the car about a year and a half ago. The feeling you get is that its quite "spongy" and on a very rare few occasions i thought it wasnt going to stop.
Iv not really driven any other S55's to compare this to but despite the fact that people keep telling me its big and heavy car i know its supposed to stop better than that, especially on 8 pot calipers!!! I think my mums diesel Saab has better braking than this, and im not even kidding.
So the question is, where do i start to essentially "tighten" the brakes?
Iv changed the front discs and pads and it hasnt really made any noticeable difference so im wondering what else i could do? I dont think brake fluid has been changed for a while so thats step 1, but from the experience of another car a very long time ago that didnt really make much of a difference. Is there a part that could be worn or needs replacing/updating/tightening etc etc???
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Iv not really driven any other S55's to compare this to but despite the fact that people keep telling me its big and heavy car i know its supposed to stop better than that, especially on 8 pot calipers!!! I think my mums diesel Saab has better braking than this, and im not even kidding.
So the question is, where do i start to essentially "tighten" the brakes?
Iv changed the front discs and pads and it hasnt really made any noticeable difference so im wondering what else i could do? I dont think brake fluid has been changed for a while so thats step 1, but from the experience of another car a very long time ago that didnt really make much of a difference. Is there a part that could be worn or needs replacing/updating/tightening etc etc???
Thanks.
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Im hopefully going to be doing the brake fluid flush in the next week or so when i can get my mechanic friend to come around.
Whats SBC and how do i know if my car has it? More so, how do i go about resetting it, or is that only on STAR?
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The one most noticeable thing about my brakes is that everytime i press the brakes theres a small squeak from the brake pedal area followed by a faint "hhsss" sound like air is being compressed.
Iv also noticed that if the car is switched OFF and i repeatedly press the brake pedal, it seems to get harder. If the car is started and i repeatedly press the brake pedal then it doesnt seem to get much stiffer and goes back to spongy within a matter of seconds.
Iv also noticed that if the car is switched OFF and i repeatedly press the brake pedal, it seems to get harder. If the car is started and i repeatedly press the brake pedal then it doesnt seem to get much stiffer and goes back to spongy within a matter of seconds.
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Just done another brake pedal test and even im surprised now, i can pretty much press the pedal all the way to the floor when the car is started, even after pumpingit several times.
Just had a look at the fluid and its a green colour. I dont know too much about brake fluid but is it not supposed to be a golden yellow colour, kind of like fully synthetic engine oil?
Just had a look at the fluid and its a green colour. I dont know too much about brake fluid but is it not supposed to be a golden yellow colour, kind of like fully synthetic engine oil?
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Get off the forums and take your car immediately (and carefully) to a Mercedes mechanic, and have your brake system repaired. Driving your car like this is taking your life and others in your hands.
Everyone has differing levels of auto mechanical expertise - no offense but if you are asking these questions, you need a mechanic on this issue, ESPECIALLY since it involves your brakes. Don't drive it anywhere except straight to a mechanic.
Everyone has differing levels of auto mechanical expertise - no offense but if you are asking these questions, you need a mechanic on this issue, ESPECIALLY since it involves your brakes. Don't drive it anywhere except straight to a mechanic.
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Get off the forums and take your car immediately (and carefully) to a Mercedes mechanic, and have your brake system repaired. Driving your car like this is taking your life and others in your hands.
Everyone has differing levels of auto mechanical expertise - no offense but if you are asking these questions, you need a mechanic on this issue, ESPECIALLY since it involves your brakes. Don't drive it anywhere except straight to a mechanic.
Everyone has differing levels of auto mechanical expertise - no offense but if you are asking these questions, you need a mechanic on this issue, ESPECIALLY since it involves your brakes. Don't drive it anywhere except straight to a mechanic.
I know what your saying but iv done this plenty of times before and my mate is a full time mechanic so its not too bad a job for us.
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I think you'll find for this topic, and any others i have posted in this section, that it is in the correct forum. So how about you stop worrying too much about me and stop giving daft advice just because you dont have the ***** to tackle your brakes.
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The ***** to tackle my brakes... lol... did your mom or your dad buy you that car? Where do these people come from? I'm quite a good mechanic, thank you, but I can tell from your first post that you're not. And so my advice stands - get that wreck off the road and to a shop before you hurt somebody.
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You MIGHT be a good mechanic on what ever planet you come from, but you still havnt got the ***** to tackle your brakes, so my advice stands . . . . stop chatting bull crap when you dont know what your talking about. You didnt understand a single thing from my first post and so you've got it into your tiny little mind that the car has no brakes. How about you try to read the post again, then try and get your grandparents to help you understand the words and see if someone can explain it to you like a 4 year old.
As for my wreck, its better wreck than yours, so keep your over cautious advice to yourself and leave the thread to those that are actually helping.
As for my wreck, its better wreck than yours, so keep your over cautious advice to yourself and leave the thread to those that are actually helping.
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Alot of people mistakenly think the CL is related to the C-class. Its actually a coupe version of the S-class. At one time or another id like to own a CL55, it looks longer and sleeker than an S-class i think.
