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Home 4 Signs You Should Replace the Brake Pads on Your Mercedes-Benz

4 Signs You Should Replace the Brake Pads on Your Mercedes-Benz


Brake pads are a critically important component of your prized automobile's brake system and enable you to control your vehicle and stop safely. According to Mercedes-Benz, OEM brake pads last about 30,000 miles when you mostly drive in town and up to 70,000 miles if you do a lot of highway driving. Yearly inspections can help to gauge how much life is left in your Mercedes Benz part. These four tips can help you to know when to replace the brake pads.

1. Metallic Sounds While Braking

Squeaking, scraping, and squealing sounds while you're using the brakes are a sure sign that you need to replace the brake pads. Brake pads contain friction material that grips steel rotors to slow your vehicle and bring it to a safe stop. That friction material is designed to wear down gradually while preserving the brake rotors on your wheels. The Mercedes Benz part has a metal backing and metal rivets that hold the friction pad in place, and those metal pieces rubbing on the rotor cause metallic sounds when the pad is worn out.

2. Grinding Noises While Turning

A very unsettling grinding noise might occur while you're braking. That sound is of the metal backing on the brake pads grinding against the metal rotors and tearing them up. It's also a sign that the Mercedes Benz part needs to be turned or replaced to provide an even surface for the new brake pads. Without good rotors, new brake pads would be less effective and might lack stopping power.

3. Vibration When Stopping

When you replace brake pads, it's best to replace them on both sides of the same axle to ensure the brakes on either wheel have the same expected service life for the pads. Sometimes, a bad caliper or a road hazard might cause the brake pads on one side to wear unevenly. The uneven braking power can cause a vibration on that axle that installing new brake pads could fix.

4. Brake Indicator Light on Dashboard

One of the very first signs of needing to replace the brake pads might be the brake indicator light appearing on the dash. Sensors might detect a change in braking power caused by worn pads and trigger the warning light. If so, replacing the pads should fix it.

Are you noticing any of these signs? Get in touch with a professional today! We can replace your brake pads with the OEM Mercedes Benz part when you call or schedule brake service online.