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Originally Posted by lkchris
No, the SBC braking won't hurt your bank account because the warranty has been extended to 10 years. Ours has been dead reliable.
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In the U.S. consumers are usually well protected against such issues (although owners of W140s never got anything back from the A/C evaporator fiasco).
Warranties around the world are usually 1, 2 or 3 years at the most, then you're on your own.
The SBC braking system is a nightmare and it has been well proven as such everywhere. So much so that Mercedes decided to revert to the regular braking system on the W211 face lift (what better proof could you have on the subject).
Among the system's horror stories, two are the most concerning: one that the system will fail without any warning (not comforting if you are down the highway at over 90 m.p.h). and the other is computer failure.
The SBC computer has an electronic counter (to set a history for every time the brake has been used). The system has a limiter to advise for a major overhaul. This counter tends to fail suddenly and advises the overhaul well ahead of time (shutting down the system for security set parameters).
The only way to cure the problem is to change the computer, which is not cheap at all.
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