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Without any warning, when coming to a traffic stop the brake pedal on my 2000 Mercedes ML55 went to the floor. I was able to stop after reapplying the brake and pushing very hard. Fortunately no cars were in front of me or I would have hit them. I pulled to the side of the street and looked under the hood, noticed the brake fluid was low, put some fluid in and drove a short distance to work. The brakes were very soft. The next day took the vehicle to my Mercedes dealer where they found that a brake line was rubbed through and leaking. No indicator lights or warnings of any kind occurred before the problem.
Loss of brake fluid resulting in brake failure caused by rupture of corroded metal hydraulic brake line as confirmed by local Mercedes dealer (hollaway motor cars-manchester-nh). Hollaway also confirmed same failure and cause on 2 other same model vehicles.
- Henniker, NH, USA
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- Washington, DC, USA