If you have a warning for brake pads, replace the sensors. If you have no warning, you might want to inspect them to ensure that the insulation is completely intact and pliable.
If there is any question, replace them as they are not expensive.
If you have a warning for brake pads, replace the sensors. If you have no warning, you might want to inspect them to ensure that the insulation is completely intact and pliable.
If there is any question, replace them as they are not expensive.
And skip Ebay sellers for Mercedes-Benz parts!
why should i skip these sellers? is it the parts, service or price?
why should i skip these sellers? is it the parts, service or price?
Parts and service, mostly. As a buyer, you have essentially no recourse with Ebay transactions. The whole deal is highly skewed to help the sellers.
While it's not the case with this seller, most of them have quite high shipping costs while other suppliers charge nothing for orders over $50.
If you keep buying Benz parts on Ebay, you will be burned sooner or later. For me, it was the first (and last) purchase. Brake pads may be a different story though, since you are looking for aftermarket parts in the first place.
Hey, sjc. I'm up north of you, welcome to the forum.
Plus one to Matt's advice. There is a good DIY with pictures that shows the sensor. They are very inexpensive, personally I would change them irrespective of the light, but once you have it, new ones are indicated.
I also would not buy anything meaningful for the car from ebay. While there are legit sellers that otherwise have a business, it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.
And even if you stick with what you think are brand-name parts, on ebay they are too often fake, re-boxed etc.
If you don't want OEM then do some searches here for good aftermarket brands. I have been impressed with the Axxis deluxe plus. Be aware that you won't improve overall performance, but you can cut down on brake dust.
Be sure to measure your rotors as they are soft and wear out, if you are close on the thickness them replace them. Again, OEM work great and are affordable from several trusted online sources, including autohausaz.com and germanstar.net.
Take care and enjoy the ride,
Greg
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You can go to local dealership and gut burned financially ALL the time.
The linked seller has over 51 thousands transactions on ebay and only few dissatisfy customers. I guess local mechanics can't even get close to it.
Coming to the sensors -they are reusable if not wear out too much. When the pads get thin, the sensor wire wears with them. Meaning when you drive for too long with brake light on, the sensors might not be usable. MB is pretty Conservative on warnings. I did drive over 2000 miles with the light on and still has some pads remaining on the metal plate.
Sensor sound like a good idea... I dont really trust ebay but im very cousious.... i bought aftermarket headlights and learned my lesson. prices are good on ebay... Matt thanks for the advice... Greg thanks for the links.. thanks to you too Kajtek
FCP Groton has been around for a while and at one time I thought about buying a MAF from them...but I was a bit gun shy.
Assuming they are legit and are the pads are genuine, you won't beat that price on the pads. $11 more and you get the sensors with them at some other sellers, which is closing in on what the sensors will probably cost you if you order them by themselves (and have to pay shipping) or get them from the stealer. Either way, 51,000 people are satisfied with Groton, so that says a lot.
In any event, the Akebonos are very popular ceramic pads. They are harder pads, so they will shorten the life of your rotors, if that is a concern.
Additionally, if you are only doing front pads (or rears), conventional wisdom is to not vary pad compounds. In other words, if you only want to change the fronts, then stick with what is on the rear, or else change all four at once.
While I'm thinking of it, have you checked your pads to see whether it's the fronts or rears that are worn?
Thanks Greg..... Im about to order right now... I checked my brakes and the front ones are gone. Back ones are still good. So were would you guys get the sensor?
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