I'm scared of SBC pump failure - Any precautionary measures to avoid this ?
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I'm scared of SBC pump failure - Any precautionary measures to avoid this ?
Folks,
I came accross a few stories of SBC failure, and how guys pulled onto the shoulder with foot on the parking-brake and someone upshifted the gear etc ... this is in the event when there's margin infront of the driver .... What if there isn't & you need to say stop on a red light ? Its our life on the darn SBC pump
Question to all Gurus, how can I prevent this failure ? Is there a specific period after which I should swap out the pump -or- would it show signs of failure prior to failing (If yes, what are they)
I guess this (SBC failure issue) would top the charts when it comes to Benz unreliability
I came accross a few stories of SBC failure, and how guys pulled onto the shoulder with foot on the parking-brake and someone upshifted the gear etc ... this is in the event when there's margin infront of the driver .... What if there isn't & you need to say stop on a red light ? Its our life on the darn SBC pump
Question to all Gurus, how can I prevent this failure ? Is there a specific period after which I should swap out the pump -or- would it show signs of failure prior to failing (If yes, what are they)
I guess this (SBC failure issue) would top the charts when it comes to Benz unreliability
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It may fail... it may not. There's no work-around for you to make it last longer, short of not using the car... in that case it would last forever. Its warranted for 10 years by MB though. They won't change it out while its working perfectly for you.
Just use the car.
Just use the car.
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This happened to us while driving very slow in traffic and we pulled over to the side and called MB for a tow truck. The entire SBC system on our car was replaced under the MB warranty.
So this is not a joke or myth. While my car was at the dealer another came in with the same problem. So I would not discount this as infrequent. I noticed you had a 2007. I didn't think the 2007 had the SBC, I thought MB dropped it in 2006.
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The '06s still had SBC. The '07s Did not, so the SBC dependability issues remained. However, there had been several electrical service updates which MB had come out with relative to the systems wiring/connectors, but the overal SBC system was still part of the '06s and no 211s from '07 on.
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On 07+, only the AMG have SBC. 06's still had it. The same goes for the CLS. Idk about the SL if they took it off in the 07+ cars minus the AMGs.
I had my pump replaced at 53,000 miles under warranty. The thing began making a lot of noise. So took it to the dealer and he just said they'd swap it out.
I had my pump replaced at 53,000 miles under warranty. The thing began making a lot of noise. So took it to the dealer and he just said they'd swap it out.
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Guys its not about replacing the SBC pump (Its under warranty for 10 yrs) ... Its our lives on that Pump .... and there is no specific maintenance / replacement period for this thing, they won't replace it till it fails - wow! Aint that nice ?
