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Originally Posted by pimpernell
I thought I had problems when a bulb blew out on my 96E300D. Reading the posts on members with newer vehicles, it seems that Mercedes has built in a "self destruct" program with all its new electronics. As you mention, I would hate to have a long drive ahead of me and have one of those error messages pop up out of the blue. I would be sitting on pins and needles wondering if the car was going to go into "limp mode" at any moment. Not my cup of tea!!!!!
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Think of it as an early warning system...which I'm simply trying better to understand.
The SBC is a great braking system....if once every 200k miles or so it needs to be serviced that's not a big deal.
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