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Hi - I had a problem with my parking brake. I went to push it down and heard a snap - the brake pedal still can go down but it doesn't stay down and the release handle is out a little bit. Found a solution on another site for the W210, but the design is unchanged and moving the metal retainer as shown in the pics with a needle nose pliers solved the issue in 15 seconds.
Good post, I had this exact same problem a few weeks ago. Before I looked at it I happened to be taking it to the MB dealer for something else and they quoted me $1,100 needing to replace the entire parking brake assembly.
Very glad I checked it out myself, took all of 15 mins to diagnose and 10 seconds to move the retaining clip back into place and all is good now.
This just happend to my 2015 E350.
Excellent post, took 1 minute to fix, don't even need to remove the carpet or anything.
When it happens the release handle feels 'sloppy' and doesn't retract fully.
Left the needle nose pliers in the glove box if it happens again.
Btw this is only the second issue I've had with this car, the first one was almost as easy to fix, the drivers headrest movement mechanism detached itself from the 'motor' on one side, so I had to snap it back, had to remove the seat back panel
Extremely reliable car so far!
09-14-2020, 10:13 PM
