Hi, I have a 2003 E320 4matic wagon I got earlier this year, it seems in decent shape and has 165,000 miles.



While my daughter was driving yesterday the big red SBC brake warning light came on. She made it home, but said brakes did not work very well.



I do a lot of my own work on older cars, but after a little research it seems this brake system, which was only used from 2003-2005 has a lot of problems I might not be able to fix.


There is an on line rumor that this might be covered with a new extended 25 year warranty, but dealer is far away, and I would probably have to get the car transported there. Am kind of afraid there will be a lot of other things they will tell me they "need" to fix while it is there that will cost me. The dash says there are "6 faults".



Has anyone gotten SBC on a car this old fixed under warranty lately?



Can anyone recommend a scanner that would help me with all or most of systems on car? The scanner I have can only read the engine.



Is this car worth fixing? I don't even have a "smart key" for it so I can not even check oil, apparently. Was planning just to pump out and change, if I keep the car.



I paid very little for this car, and do not want to "buy" it again with a multi thousand dollar repair bill.


My other Mercedes is a '83 300D, on which I can fix almost all systems, but am thinking this new Benz may be a can of worms.