2006 Mercedes Benz CLS500

SENSOMATIC BRAKING CONTROL HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO HAVE FAILED. RELATED BRAKE WARNING LIGHT INHIBITS THE CAR FROM BRAKING PROPERLY OR DRIVING AT A COMFORTABLE SPEED. BRAKE WIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND BRAKE PADS AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS THAT I WAS UNAWARE EXISTED. I NEED HELP. I'M IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. BRAKING THE VEHICLE TAKES CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND SEEMS TO BE DELAYED.

BOUGHT THE 2006 CLS 500 2 YEARS AGO, SINCE THAT SECOND DAY I HAVE ISSUES WITH SBC MODULE, I CALL MB DEALER THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, SINCE THE PRODUCTION DATE WAS 2004, OKAY AFTER THAT I TRY SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS AND NOBODY HAVE THE STAR TOOL TO FIX UP, THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND I CONTINUE TAKE THE RISK COUPLE MONTHS UNTIL THE FUEL LINE STARTS LEAK ON THE PUMP, THIS COULD GENERATE A SPARK AND BURN MY CAR, I CALL AGAIN MB DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IS PROBABLY UNSAFE TO START THE CAR. AFTER ALL THIS YEARS I PARKED THE CAR AND ALL MY SUSPENSION WAS BROKE AS WELL, CALL AGAIN THE MB DEALER THEY ESTIMATED $ 1800 TO REPLACE THE AIR SHOCKS, SO I BUY FROM ARNOTT THE SAME MB SELL AND I REPLACE ALL 4, SO THE CAR IS UP AGAIN, NEXT WEEK I DECIDE TO SELL THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING IN 3 YEARS 9,000 MILES ONLY, TRY TO MOVE THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE, GUESS WHAT, MY TRANSMISSION GO TO LIMP MODE BECAUSE THE BREAKS ARE NOT WORKING, SO FAR I DECIDE TO WRITE IN HERE TO COMPLAIN WHY A SUCH BEAUTIFUL CAR HAVE SO MANY ISSUES AND MB DOES NOT CARE FOR THE OLD MB. I ALMOST GET ON ACCIDENT WHEN MY BREAKS COMPLETE FROZEN TO THE END !!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS500. THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SHOULDER INJURY, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE REDUCE BRAKING LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER STOPPED MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT STATED THAT I NEEDED TO DO SO, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO MAKE IT HOME. I BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS IN RUSH TRAFFIC AND SO SCARED THAT I WOULD HURT SOMEONE OR MYSELF. I RECENTLY HAD MY BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED, MONTHS IN ADVANCE. I BARELY MADE IT HOME AND SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOP BUT IN DOING SO THE SAME PROBLEM AROSE. AGAIN, I WAS FRIGHTEN TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD I PLACED IT BACK IN THE GARAGE. PLEASE HELP. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY I AM HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013 AND THIS IS THE ONLY MAJOR ISSUE I HAVE HAD. I LOVE MY CAR. I ALSO READ THAT IN 2006 SOME TYPE OF BRAKING SYSTEM WAS DISCONTINUED AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SBC PUMP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE "REDUCE BRAKE" AND "STOP THE VEHICLE" INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER LANE WHERE IT WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SBC UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000.

IN SEPTEMBER, 2015 TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HOUSTON GREENWAY (3900 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY; HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027) FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANK (STRONG FUEL ODORS WERE DETECTED). THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANK REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE REPLACEMENT WORK WAS DONE AND I PAID FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. I RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MBUSA STATING THAT THE MBUSA HAD ELECTED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON MY VEHICLE

I WAS ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY (100). AT THE POINT OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS ENTERING(FROM CTY RD 81) IT OPENS THE HIGHWAY TO A 3RD LANE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AT THE SAME PLACE IT OPENS THE HIGHWAY UP, THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE EXIT(42ND AVE). AS I AM ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, JUST PRIOR TO THE NEW LANE AVAILABILITY THAT DRIVERS MUST ENTER TO GET OFF ON 42ND, MY CAR STARTS CHIMING AND THERE'S A RED WARNING ON MY DASH THAT STATES "STOP, REDUCED BRAKING POWER. DEPRESS BRAKE FULLY." OR SOMETHING QUITE SIMILAR. THERE IS NO SHOULDER, I'M GOING LIKE 10 MPH, TERRIFIED. PEOPLE ARE HONKING AND TRYING TO GET OVER TO GET OFF ON 42ND AVE IN A LANE WHERE I'M GOING 10 MPH AND THEY WERE AT A SPEED OF APPROX 60 MPH(POSTED HWY SPEED). AS I LIMP MY CAR PAST THIS EXIT TO A SHOULDER I THEN ATTEMPT TO BRAKE AND HAVE NO BRAKING POWER. I EVENTUALLY ROLLED TO A STOP. TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF TO DETERMINE MY NEXT MOVE. I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE WARNING LIGHT SAID- THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. TESTED MY BRAKES A LITTLE ON THE SHOULDER AND THEY WERE FINE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY TO MY DESTINATIONS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THIS HAS SINCE OCCURRED A COUPLE MORE TIMES. THROUGH A TRIP TO THE MECHANIC AND THOROUGH RESEARCH IT IS DETERMINED THE PROBLEM LIES IN MY SENSOTRONIC BRAKE PUMP. THIS IS A PUMP THAT MERCEDES WARRANTIED FOR 10 YEARS DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THIS WILL OCCUR TO ALL OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS VEHICLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD THIS PART REPLACED. I NEVER KNEW OF THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM UNTIL THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. I WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT YEARS AGO (UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF REPLACEMENT). MY CHILDREN'S LIVES, MY LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF ALL THE DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY THAT MORNING WERE PLACED AT SEVERE RISK. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND STILL SHOULD FOR ALL OF THE OTHER UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS- FOR THEIR SAFETY AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD.