2014 e350 brake line corrosion
04-01-2024, 05:52 PM
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2014 e350 brake line corrosion
I just had a brake line corrosion failure on 2014 e350. It was rusted out and I lost 90% of braking ability. My repair shop has fixed more than 10 of these in last few years. Never had this happen on any car before. I agree this should be covered by Mercedes as it is a safety hazard. I could have been in a terrible accident. How can we get Mercedes to cover this?
04-01-2024, 09:57 PM
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dangerous economy brake lines
I just had a brake line corrosion failure on 2014 e350. It was rusted out and I lost 90% of braking ability. My repair shop has fixed more than 10 of these in last few years. Never had this happen on any car before.
I agree this should be covered by Mercedes as it is a safety hazard. I could have been in a terrible accident. How can we get Mercedes to cover this?
I agree this should be covered by Mercedes as it is a safety hazard. I could have been in a terrible accident. How can we get Mercedes to cover this?
Did your line brake from external or intermal oxidation??
The specially formulated DOT4. holds more moisture - I think DOT 3 is actually better for everyday driving, non-racing brakes.
04-01-2024, 10:24 PM
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I just had a brake line corrosion failure on 2014 e350. It was rusted out and I lost 90% of braking ability. My repair shop has fixed more than 10 of these in last few years. Never had this happen on any car before. I agree this should be covered by Mercedes as it is a safety hazard. I could have been in a terrible accident. How can we get Mercedes to cover this?
However you need many people with same issue to report as well. It is about the only way I have scene for car companies to pay attention and even then difficult. I have no idea of what the threshold is or if someone or multiple people have to be injured or die. At some point it becomes a recall or TSB from what I have scene.
Good luck.
Well if your in USA that is. Not sure about other countries.
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