Originally Posted by zip439

The ABS bleed can not be preformed by our Crossfires as you may have seen on some videos where the foot peddle goes up and down. Our PCM is not programed for this ABS bleed. I have a 2005 CLK 500 which uses the same protocol KWP2000 as our Crossfire and a very similar engine the M113. Using my Foxwell NT530 scan tool I attempted to do a brake bleed on the CLK but got a message on the instrument cluster ( it is more sophisticated than the Crossfire) that said the test was not available. The ABS module would activate and I could hear the motor run for about a sec or two, but that is all I could get out of the test. Trying the test on my Crossfire gave a similar very short running of the ABS motor and no peddle movement. I also contacted "toolman" here on the forum who has a number of Crossfires and the DRB III and asked if he would please attempt to bleed the brakes on his Crossfires with the DRB III. His results after attempting the brake bleed procedure on two of his Crossfires with the DRB III was the same result as mine. The two way comms with the scan tool and the Crossfire can accomplish many tests, but brake bleeding is not programed in our cars. It does test the ABS and ESP systems but does not bleed the brakes.
I had soft peddle on my Crossfire brakes which I improved considerably by using the "Powerbleeder" by Motive products; Mercedes dealers use a similar pressurized method to bleed brakes.