2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 Brakes Problems

“on 6/20/23 I was driving this vehicle on the 5 freeway north bound exit 102 in Washington. i found myself travelling at 60mph just moving over to the middle lane of traffic. i needed to slow the vehicle a little and pushing down on brakes I found there was no reaction from the braking system. Making a quick decision I moved over to the emergency lane where I came to a stop. There were no warning signs of the issue. I had the vehicle towed to my Mercedes Benz dealership where I had the car service the day before on 6/19/23 where nothing was noted on this problem. …”

“I was driving on the highway at about 60mph in the left hand lane. I was about 7 car lengths from the car in front of me as I had just moved into that lane to move to the ramp to move off the highway. The vehicle in front of me braked, and was going at a lower speed. I tried to slow down and my car did not slow. I pressed my brake to the floor and my car still would not stop. I was able to pull to the shoulder and the car finally came to a stop close to the ramp, I thought it was an isolated incident except I saw on a website, others had the same problem.”

“Brake failure. Driving vehicle on highway with a 75 MPH speed limit. When I attempted to brake vehicle, I found I did not have any power brakes. Brake pedal was hard. Pressing the brake pedal as hard as I could did not do anything to slow down my vehicle. I did not have any ability to slow down vehicle. To avoid a collision, I put the vehicle in neutral, and down shifted gears. No alarms, or visual indicators came on to indicate a problem existed. Car towed to the mercedes benz authorized dealership I have always had my car serviced at. Brake box sitting behind the motor had broke. …”

“Lost of drive power and the vehicle steering wheel locked on my mercedes from a damaged malfunctioning steering lock actuator module due to mechanical issues within the steering column such as bad steering wheel assembly, faulty steering lock module or issue with the wiring or other electrical components and the mercedes dealer is the only one who solves this issue no other mechanic in general. …”

“-The steering wheel and brake locked up and became unusable while driving at approximately 75mph. Cruise control was enabled for a few miles (maybe 2) and disabled after. Around 5 minutes after disabling, the car began to surge between acceleration and deceleration drastically on its own. All of the dashboard lights that come on when the key is initially inserted came on at once while engine was on/running and the car was in drive. After finally being able to reach a safe enough spot, I put the car in park and turned the engine off. …”