Mercedes Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) Faults
We think its good news that Mercedes is dropping their Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) from some of their models, starting with the E-Class. While the concept was good, unfortunately the SBC system has been a chronic thorn in Mercedes' side. The SBC system has led to the system recall of over 2 million Mercedes models (primarily the E-Class cars), and has played an integral part in the widespread "Mercedes quality problems" you hear about so often. So what exactly is the SBC Braking system? I'll briefly try to sum it up in a nutshell. The SBC braking system uses a microcomputer [...]