The calipers on my Passat are ATE too, but I'm guessing they were to cheap to put a decent ABS system that would last 50,000 miles. At least Mercedes was smart enough to not go the cheap route with their brakes Harry 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles 72 350SL 108,000 Miles 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion 1999 Mazda Miata -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:24:17 EDT Subject: Re: [MBZ] Component manufacturers
<<Just want to chime in here on this "Engineering" post. Bosch should really think before they write about failures. Damn near every Bosch 5.1 ABS system with the integrated electronics is a piece of crap. From 98 to 03 when Bosch integrated ASR with the ABS systems the circuit boards were so small and flimsy they fail on every AUDI and VW they put them on. Had my 02 Passat in 4 times to have it replaced. At $1600 a pop I'd trade that for a decent Lucas system any day>> My '01 C320's braking system (ABS/ESP/BAS) including the ABS pump, vacuum booster and rear calipers are all ATe. Only the front floating calipers are Lucas (with no mention of Girling). Rear calipers are fixed. All now with Pagid pads. No pad lube required now, BTW. That's ATe as in Alfred Teves. RLE _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
