Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/15/2010 | 69500 | ||
| 2002 mercedes slk320 fails to accelerate randomly and at critical moments. gas pedal can be pushed all the way to the floor but the car remains at idol so the car doesn't have enough power to get out of the way of oncoming traffic. no warning or check engine diagnostics are generated. power is slow to recover but leaves the car limping along at idol until it responds again. several owners have said that they had to replace the pedal position sensor or the entire gas pedal assembly to correct the problem. this can cost $100 to $400 each time the problem happens. the unplanned operational flaw can cause an accident when the car randomly will not accelerate. i personally have had several near misses when merging or turning in to traffic only to find myself limping in front of a large suv bearing down on me. there is a 5 second or more lag until the car starts to respond again. response doesn't come on right away but slowly ramps up to the needed speed. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 02/06/2002 | 15 | 12 | |
| Consumer states that when the accelerator is engaged there is a lot of hesitation, and vehicle almost stalls on the road in stop and go traffic. while driving the speed limit on the highway the vehicle accelerates normally. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 07/05/2004 | 10892 | 1 | |
| While driving 70 mph with the cruise control engaged consumer experienced asudden acceleration. no impact was reported. as a result the driver put the vehicle into neutral and coasted to the side of the road. *ak | |||