If rear brakes are getting red hot take vehicle back to the shop that did rear brakes.
Here is market note from MBUSA dated 20/03/2008. If wrong parts were installed you will experience issue like yours.
Scrap or repair? Advice please
Looking for advice. I’m in the UK I have a 2004 W211 E320 petrol with 117,000 miles. I’ve owned it 3 years and it’s been generally reliable but in retrospect, I don’t think I bought a well looked after vehicle and it already has a faulty parking sensor which is not a cheap fix with the bumper off. Anyway, in December I spent £1500 on new discs and pads and Michelin tyres and a few other repairs. Then I started getting terrible mpg and error messages. The garage have just read the fault codes and I’ve got the beginnings of a failing ABS pump (causing grazing brake pads, hence poor mpg) and leakage in the suspension air compressor. Each of them expensive fixes more than the value of the car unless I use reconditioned parts. I had been considering changing it anyway for something cheaper to run and in better condition but it’s such a lovely car to drive. I certainly can’t justify the cost of required new parts, but could possibly stretch to used or reconditioned parts. Alternatively, cut my losses sell it for scrap, buy a W211 diesel or a modern hatchback lol! At the moment, it’s still running fine, except for the mpg, any suggestions?
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Here is market note from MBUSA dated 20/03/2008. If wrong parts were installed you will experience issue like yours.
W211 has never had ABC.Hoping for positive outcome. ABC is going to be a problem in the future. Take a look at spring conversion kits:
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DAS produces very nice report in PDF format. Post that.Sorry for poor photo but this is the readout from the Star diagnostic at the garage. Are any of these serious? I’m just wondering if I fix up the brake problem weather I have other problems following straight on.
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