Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 08/17/2011 | 200000 | ||
| The poorly designed wiring harness caught fire due to manufactures defect of biodegradable shielding ... it is the harness from the e.c.m. to the engine... if the car was traveling at a higher rate of speed during this failure it could have caused death or serious injury to either the driver/passenger or others on the road ... i have owned older m.b. and never seen this kind of wiring in my 10+ years of driving and repairing these kind of cars... this issue was reported to mbusa and they tried to say it is due to non maintenance through m.b..... this part should have lasted longer than the life of the car and it has nothing to do with routine maintenance...what did i miss ? how do you do maintenance on a wire ? how?... this issue was found to happen off the line and they produced this crap...recall/repair thank you please fix or recall this there are others who trusted their familys to this company and some are still unawair of this issue and are in danger... | |||
| 06/23/2003 | 168131 | 2 | 06/23/1999 |
| Sudden acceleration. vehicle would not stop when brakes are applied. *jb | |||
| While in a car wash placed lever in park and the vehicle accelerated on its own and struck another vehicle. dealer has been contacted. *ak *ml | |||
| 07/24/1998 | |||
| The vehicle will not slow down at 70mph. mechanic states the accelerator spring mechanism rusted out, dealer has vehicle for repairs. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 02/12/2004 | 142353 | 2 | 11/04/2003 |
| Sudden acceleration due to loss of cruise control and braking system due to computer overide. had to put in nuetral at 110mph and shut off engine to coast to stop. luckily i was on a straight texas state farm road with out traffic in front of me to write this complaint. mercedes benz was called and are suppose to investigate the reason for this malfunction. | |||
| 02/10/2004 | 142000 | 1 | |
| While driving at 65 mph with cruise control on suddenly vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed. consumer noted that the vehicle reached over 110 mph before it could be stopped. consumer had to roll the vehicle in the mud to slow it down and stop it. *ak | |||