I guy I know at work has been told he 'has no rear brakes' by the dealer. He does not know what this means in terms of worn pads to frozen calipers or what. I offered to help him as he has no tools and no knowledge of this car. What can I say. He is a fellow MB owner and I feel bad for the kid.

Any way a few questions as this is a new car than I have worked on before.

- Can I pressure bleed the system like I do on my 87 and 95? I seem to recall something about if it has a traction control you can't or may be I am thinking of something else. I have one of those garden sprayer looking things to pressurize the system and then just pop the bleed screws one at a time.

-the only thing I can think of to test the brakes is to spread the pads a bit and have him step on the brakes. If the pads get pushed back to the disk they work ....right?

If they do not push back I was going to pop the brake line to see if there is pressure or fluid.

- is there anything different on the rear calipers? I know he needs new rotors as they have a good lip on them. I usually spread the pads away from the disk, pull the two bolts in the back, remove the set screw, tap the rotor off with a rubber mallet (make sure parking brake is not set) and then reverse. Any problems with this?

Thanks for your help.

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