2001 Mercedes-Benz SLK320 Brakes Problems

“I do not know what this is involving, but from what I have read it may be a sensor and everybody that has had this problem could not easily get a mechanic that understood what to do. This is a very dangerous issue. This has happened now three times and I cannot drive the car now. I have low mileage on this car. I was driving about 55 miles and hour and suddenly my car braked, made a scraping noise & swerved to the right. This lasted 20 seconds. It scared me since someone was behind me and about ran into my rear end, not to mention other cars around me. …”

“While driving it, the car will act like I slammed on the brakes and the bas/esp light will come on. I am not hitting the brakes when this happens, I am just driving along. Initially, these events happened at low speeds, more recently it happened at 50mph in the rain. There seems to be no connection to speed, acceleration, turning, or anything other than random faults. Dealer read an esp code c1120-004, 016 esp yaw sensor plausibility occurred 1 time and erased code. They could not duplicate the condition in a short test drive. …”

“Vehicle applied brakes on it's own at highway speed and no driver application. The bas/esp alarm lights came on and the vehicle seemed to be ok until it was turned off. The alarm cleared when restarted but the vehicle applied brakes again on it's own and the indicators came back on. The repair shop could not get a code because it was not on when they checked it. This has happened at least 10-12 times but only during hours when the business is closed. I let my local mechanic drive it for a week and it never happened with him. This is very sporadic but dangerous situation. …”

“While driving on a straight, smooth paved road, the right front brake suddenly locked hard enough to cause the car to suddenly jerk to the right and caused the tire to skid. I did not have my foot on the brake pedal at all. Immediately the vehicle's esv dash light came on. Had I not had a firm grip on the steering wheel to hold the car in the road, the car would have left the roadway. This is a very scary and dangerous defect. While reading posts in online forums, several people with these cars are having similar experiences. Below is a link to one such sight for you to research. …”

“Rear break lights were repalced in 2006 recall (05v05000). Same problem in jan of 2015. No chance of dealer standing behind the recall again. Now I have to pay out of pocket the cost to fix the lights that were recalled prior. Over $600. When they just replaced the recall with the same faulty lights. Turns out their c-class is now having the same recall problem.”