Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 05/24/2010 | 86000 | ||
| Safety concern - yesterday while traveling at 65mph locked on cruise control, the cruise control failed to disengage when the brake pedal was pressed. instead, upon releasing the brake pedal, the vehicle began accelerating back to 65mph and almost caused me to ran into the truck in front of me. i slammed on the brakes to bring the car to a stop to avoid rear ending the car in front of me, at which time the bas/esp light came on. again, the cruise failed to disengage since i could feel the car dragging while the brake pedal was pushed down. i manually turned off the cruise, and the bas/esp light remained on. later, with the esp/bas light on, i reenaged the cruise to see if it would reset, but again it failed to disengage when the brake pedal was pressed, and i had to manually turn off the cruise. when i parked the vehicle and turned the engine off, let it sit for about 20 min, and then restarted, bas/esp stayed on and gear shift locked up in park. | |||
| 10/10/2008 | 1 | ||
| I have had 5 incidences, while driving, of uncommanded brake application of my mercedes 1002 ml430. while driving at high speeds, up to 40 or 60+ mph, my suv came to a sudden and abrupt halt causing the vehicle to lock up and stop. in order to unlock the mercedes to continue driving i had to shut of the vehicle and re-start it, sometimes on the highway. these incidences have been scary and could potentially cause a major accident, injury or death. the car was towed today, october 23rd, for a second replacement of bad parts causing this problem. after today, i will have spent over $1000 to deal with this defect. *tr | |||