Brake pad lining fell off of OEM pads!!!
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'01 W210 E320 CDI
Brake pad lining fell off of OEM pads!!!
The other day I leave a car park and help! No Brakes!!! The pedal was soft and 'disappeared' right into the floor. It takes a few seconds until I realised I should slam on the parking brake but the car was already sticking half out on the main road! Luckily no-one passed by at the moment or was in front of me...
After a few pumps the pedal got firm again and braking returned but with a terrible grinding metal-to-metal sound.
I carefully drove, via local low speed roads, to my MB-indy and as it turned out my front pads were almost gone without a wear-warning(!) and one pad on the driver side lost it's last bit of lining. Upon removing the passenger side pads one of them also has a loose lining...
I have no idea if this CAN happen with worn pads but if this happened on the freeway there would be no time to react and I would have hit the car in front of me at full speed!!!
After a few pumps the pedal got firm again and braking returned but with a terrible grinding metal-to-metal sound.
I carefully drove, via local low speed roads, to my MB-indy and as it turned out my front pads were almost gone without a wear-warning(!) and one pad on the driver side lost it's last bit of lining. Upon removing the passenger side pads one of them also has a loose lining...
I have no idea if this CAN happen with worn pads but if this happened on the freeway there would be no time to react and I would have hit the car in front of me at full speed!!!
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From: SoCal
98 Brilliant Silver E320 Wagon
I'm glad to see no one was hurt. Hauling a trailer puts quite a bit more load on the brakes so it's probably a good idea to inspect them more frequently than every 'A' service.
