2003 E500 Brake Pad replacement
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Also when you have the car raised and tires off do not open any doors or activate the keyless control. It could set of the SBC and if you have the pads off and your fingers in the calipers you could loose a finger
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^We've reached the bottom of why I don't like doing safety system related work to my car, not for a matter of fingers as I don't have SBC but because properly working breaks seems like a nice idea 
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It's fairly easy to NOT open the door while you're doing this... Not to mention you would have to have open the door and then go stick your hand in the calipers to get into trouble.
You need to unplug SBC or disconnect battery before you even start either way to save yourself from the annoying error measge
You need to unplug SBC or disconnect battery before you even start either way to save yourself from the annoying error measge
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Except for the SBC system, brakes are one of the easiest and highest dollar reward job on a car.
While I never recommend anyone doing their brakes without some instruction the first time, I really don't know how anyone with normal mechanical ability, and who takes the time to read up can make any "safety" related mistakes.
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Does that mean my 07' also doesn't have SBC?
Because
In May 2004, Mercedes recalled 680,000 vehicles equipped with the system; in March 2005 a total of 1.3 million vehicles were recalled. Mercedes dropped the feature in higher volume models, such as the E-class. Lower luxury class volume models such as the SL, the Maybach and the SLR continued to use SBC
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Except for the SBC system, brakes are one of the easiest and highest dollar reward job on a car.
While I never recommend anyone doing their brakes without some instruction the first time, I really don't know how anyone with normal mechanical ability, and who takes the time to read up can make any "safety" related mistakes.
While I never recommend anyone doing their brakes without some instruction the first time, I really don't know how anyone with normal mechanical ability, and who takes the time to read up can make any "safety" related mistakes.
Yes, if you have a 2007 model year E-Class (well there were no 2003-2006 E350s, those were designated as E320s) then you do NOT have the SBC braking system, all facelift models have a more traditional brake setup which isn't prone to pump failure and many of the really frightening things SBC has had problems with.
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