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I needed rear rotors at 23k, they were warped and had vibration when slowing. I got MBUSA involved and they covered the rear brakes and rotors. I believe they are known not to last long on the W222.
FYI: When I traded my '16 S550 4matic with 36,000 miles in for my '19 S63 in late 2018, I had never replaced pads or rotors the entire time I owned the car for just over three years (custom ordered it new). I understand from the dealer that they replaced the front and rear pads/rotors when they CPO'ed the car for the next owner. I believe the brake wear is due more to how the car is driven vs "they are known not to last long on the w222".
FYI: When I traded my '16 S550 4matic with 36,000 miles in for my '19 S63 in late 2018, I had never replaced pads or rotors the entire time I owned the car for just over three years (custom ordered it new). I understand from the dealer that they replaced the front and rear pads/rotors when they CPO'ed the car for the next owner. I believe the brake wear is due more to how the car is driven vs "they are known not to last long on the w222".
Plenty of W222 S550 owners on this forum have complained about pads and rotors needing replacement sooner than they thought.....Maybe you baby your brakes more than the average driver.
Plenty of W222 S550 owners on this forum have complained about pads and rotors needing replacement sooner than they thought.....Maybe you baby your brakes more than the average driver.
"Plenty" is not a scientific measure. I certainly do not baby the brakes but I am mindful of how I use my brakes. As I stated, it has more to do with how one uses the brakes (and the car of course) than the comment of they just wear faster than one thinks. IMHO the w222 brakes do not wear any faster than other cars or trucks I have owned (not a scientific measure but I am just not hard on brakes based on how I drive). I can wear brakes out just as fast as the next guy as I am known to use the brakes hard on race tracks but not for street driving.
The brakes go out quicker on these cars because of tech.... I.E. if you use the distronic cruise a lot you will notice more brake dust on the rear wheels than the front which seemed odd to me till i learned distronic uses rear brakes to slow you down.... same with lane and steering correction stuff...
Yep, exactly with the tech stuff, that just kills the rear brakes for somebody that leaves lane keeping assist on all the time and tends to wander around lanes a lot on the highway. Plus like was said it is driver dependent too and you gotta remember these are nearly 5000 lb cars and thats not that great a thing for the brakes either constantly slowing down such a large mass, think about all the power too, 463 hp accelerating all that mass pretty quickly then you gotta slow it down for the traffic light.
I just found out today at the MB dealer that my car has brand new brake pads when it was certified mid January this year just days before I bought the car, it only had 16.5 K miles on it. Anyhow thats a relief that I won't have to worry about brakes for quite a while to come. The service writer at the dealer gave me a printout of all that was done to the car today at the MB dealer since it was bought by the original owner 11/11/2016. I suspect to go through half or more of the original brakes in just 16.5K miles that it must have been perhaps an older brake riding person who owned my car. The other clue to that was the XM radio presets were the 1940's swing dance music station and the Polka station lol.
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18 AMG GTC and 22 F150 Limited. Past owner 16 Maybach, 17 Brabus Smartcar, 06 Ford E150, and 22 G70
When I brought my used 06 Corvette the slider cup holder cover was jamming up. So I took the console apart and found these had somehow fallen down into the console and were jamming up the cover. I suspect an older person owned my car.
When I brought my used 06 Corvette the slider cup holder cover was jamming up. So I took the console apart and found these had somehow fallen down into the console and were jamming up the cover. I suspect an older person owned my car.
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I certainly do not baby the brakes but I am mindful of how I use my brakes. As I stated, it has more to do with how one uses the brakes (and the car of course) than the comment of they just wear faster than one thinks. IMHO the w222 brakes do not wear any faster than other cars or trucks I have owned (not a scientific measure but I am just not hard on brakes based on how I drive). I can wear brakes out just as fast as the next guy as I am known to use the brakes hard on race tracks but not for street driving.
