Thanks guys for the replies. I will take off the rotors on the day after Christmas and check the e-brake. If they look ok, then I know that it wasn't the e-brake. Wife has had this car for about 5 years so I think she knows the check the e-brake.... Or atleast I hope so. She said that she pulled the e-brake release several times and it didn't do anything, so it may be a caliper problem. The rims aren't in bad shape. It was a bunch or dirt and the fire extinghuser powder that gave a yellowish brown color. I rubbed it off and it pretty much silver still. How much do re-built calipers for the rear cost for a 99 C280? I hope to find more answer once I remove the rotors. Speaking of rotors. These are the hardest rotors that I have ever had to remove. hehehe. I will have to break out the rubber mallet on these. I didn't see the flames myself. My wife did, and my neighbor did. Both are women, so they will simply say the tire was on fire. It was kind of funny. Wife pulled up, neighbor yelled at her that her car was on fire. Wife jumps out and panics. There spray the fire out and are all emotional. I then call her cell to find out where she is and she says that she is home and that the car was on fire. I run out thinking the worse and all I was able to see was the steam coming off the rotor while they were spraying it down. I was in the bedroom when all of this was happening and I heard the comotion but I thought it was just the neighborhood kids being loud. Thanks again guys.