ML430 brakes
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ML430 brakes
Who thinks that the brake pads should be worn at 8800mi? Mine have started to squeal when braking hard. No squeal is heard on soft/normal braking except when going in reverse. Then I get an embarrassing squeal.....but that started only a couple of months ago and now this going forward.
What's going on?
What's going on?
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'00 ML430 & '02 Porsche 996
Check that it's not metal on metal.....
possibly from one of the rear wheels and a pad which doesn't have a sensor in it.
FYI
I have a '00 ML430 and continue to suffer from brake squeal even now at 34,000 miles - but I've learnt to check my pads visually as the wear warning light cannot be relied on. I can slo tell normal squeal from metal on metal squeal ;-)
I would be surprised if your pads are shot at 8000 ish miles - but not impossible....
Most people seem to be getting 20,000 ish out of the front pads and slightly less out of the rears on V8 ML's.
Of course, driving conditions and style play a big part in how long they last.
I got 22000 out of ours in stop go So Cal type traffic.
Tim
FYI
I have a '00 ML430 and continue to suffer from brake squeal even now at 34,000 miles - but I've learnt to check my pads visually as the wear warning light cannot be relied on. I can slo tell normal squeal from metal on metal squeal ;-)
I would be surprised if your pads are shot at 8000 ish miles - but not impossible....
Most people seem to be getting 20,000 ish out of the front pads and slightly less out of the rears on V8 ML's.
Of course, driving conditions and style play a big part in how long they last.
I got 22000 out of ours in stop go So Cal type traffic.
Tim
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As stated this is a known problem with the V8 ML's. There is now a new brake pad with a new part number. My dealer installed this on my ML500 and so far so good. This was after 2 brake pad changes and a complete rotor change in 6000 miles! The new pads to date have not uttered one squeal and seem to stop the vehicle in a smoother fashion but I have less than 1000 miles on them so far
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You may want to check high performance pads.
Some not only offer increased friction, they also reduce brake dust to 10% of he amount generated by the originals.
If you drive you truck hard, you may want to change the disks to cross-drilled high perfs.
It is a known problem with the V8, not that it really is caused by faulty design. The truck is fast, and we have to admint that we enjoy pushing it too. It is also heavy, it brakes well, but it is not car, and pushing the brake system hard can easily warp the rotors and use up all the consumables on the pads.
Some not only offer increased friction, they also reduce brake dust to 10% of he amount generated by the originals.
If you drive you truck hard, you may want to change the disks to cross-drilled high perfs.
It is a known problem with the V8, not that it really is caused by faulty design. The truck is fast, and we have to admint that we enjoy pushing it too. It is also heavy, it brakes well, but it is not car, and pushing the brake system hard can easily warp the rotors and use up all the consumables on the pads.
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2000 ML430
I have 13000 miles on my ML and the fronts were squealling really bad. Dealer replaced them with the updated pads at no cost. If they won't cover it under warrenty, try to get them to do a "good will" replacement.
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2000 ML430
Mine is a 2000 with 13k. I didn't even buy it from this dealer and they covered it fully. My service adviser told me that they don't have to do it if it has more than 12k on it but that the dealership (Herb Gordon in Silver Spring) would go ahead and cover it in the name of good will. Hope that answered your question.
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