Break wear light

SIMONE42A

MEMBER
2005 MERCEDES BENZ C240
55,000 MILES

Hi my break wear light is on and my breaks sqeek a little but work fine I was wondering if brakes will fail or deteriorate gradually. I've been driving for month w/ no prob- however ESP light comes on and when it does the car shuts off
1st I need to save to fix brakes so I'm hoping they will just wear n not give out totally
2nd I'm hoping the brakes are the reason esp shuts car down can u tell me?

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MHPAUTOS

MECHANIC
31,937 POSTS

You are down to about 10% brake pad life, with these worn pads breaking efficiency is well down so I recommend getting them replaced ASAP, if you go metal to metal, and there will be no warning of this, you will do considerable damage to the brake rotors.