2011 Mercedes-Benz ML350 complaints

FUEL LINE TEAR CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. WHEN STOPPED FUEL WAS RUNNING FROM UNDER MY VEHICLE, COVERED MOTOR AND ALL OVER CAR. LUCKILY IT IS A BLUE TEC MERCEDE NOT A GAS. VERY FRIGHTENING. DRIVING 55 MILES PER HOUR HIGHWAY. NO SMELL THAT I REMEMBER, JUST LOSS OF CONTROL STEERING. I THOUGHT IT WAS A POWER STEERING PROBLEM.

REAR LEFT BRAKE LIGHT KEEP FAILING, THE BULB IS FINE. HAVE TO TAKE OUT SOCKET AND PUT IT BACK IN, THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER. WAS TOLD THE HOLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO SAY WHY THIS KEEP HAPPENING. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IN MOTION, ON THE HIGHWAY, TURNING.

WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, TURNING KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH MAY OR MAY NOT START THE VEHICLE OR TURNING KEY IN IGNITION MAY EXPERIENCE A DELAY BEFORE VEHICLE WILL START OR IT MAY REQUIRE TURNING THE KEY IN THE ON AND OFF POSITION SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STARTING. AFTER A NO START SITUATION, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE WILL FINALLY START.

REFERENCE: SEIFI VS MERCEDES-BENZ. I HAVE 66,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD PART WAS DEFECTIVE. HAS CODE1200, 12007 FOR BALANCE SHAFT. MERCEDES HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM JUST SETTLED FOR 2005-2007 MODEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED. THE ESP TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND SIDE SWIPED A SECOND VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE TURNED 360 DEGREE AND THEN CRASHED INTO AN UTILITY POLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT OCCUPIED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM A 4.4 PERCENT GRADE AND OVERTURNED AS IT PROCEEDED DOWNHILL. INSPECTION OF THE TRANSMISSION PARKING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE PARKING PAWL HAD BEEN ACTIVATED BUT DID NOT ENGAGE A PARKING GEAR SLOT. THIS INCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO EXCESSIVE ANGLE ON THE PARKING GEAR SLOT SIDES, AN UNDERPOWERED PRESSURE SPRING IN THE PARK INTERLOCK MECHANISM, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS PERMITTED THE PARKING PAWL TO BE REJECTED FROM THE PARKING GEAR SLOTS AT SPEEDS WELL BELOW THE PARK PAWL ENGAGEMENT (TARGET) SPEED OF 6 KPH (3.7 MPH), AS DEFINED BY SAE SPECIFICATION J2208. A SERIES OF SUCH REJECTIONS WHILE THE DRIVERS SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED POSES A SAFETY HAZARD BY ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ROLL IN AN UNCONTROLLED MANNER ON CERTAIN SLOPES WHILE THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN PARK. A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PREPARED AND SHARED WITH MERCEDES-BENZ. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO OBTAIN THIS ANALYSIS AND THE RELATED RESPONSE FROM MERCEDES-BENZ REPRESENTATIVES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE IN A JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE BLIND SPOT ASSIST SENSORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN AND THE TRUCK JERKED OVER TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT ME DOING IT. ITS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEREFORE THERE IS NO PROBLEM. MY IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES. MY KEYS WOULD NOT START THE TRUCK FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK STRAIGHT ON THE 1ST OR 2ND ATTEMPT. FINALLY ON THE 3RD TRY THE TRUCK WOULD START. ITS A YEAR AND A HALF OLD. WHEN THEY CONNECTED IT TO THEY'RE COMPUTER IT DID NOT READ ANY ERROR CODES. IT HAD TO NOT START THERE FOR IT TO CODE. NOW MY TRUCK IS BACK IN THE SHOP BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT GETS STUCK IN P. I ASKED TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE AND INTO ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I GUESS ITS NORMAL WHEN YOUR ON THE HIGHWAY FOR YOUR TRUCK TO CHANGE LANES WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. *TR

WE PURCHASED A NEW MERCEDES ML 350 IN OCTOBER OF 2011, IN THE PAST YEAR IT HAS HAD THREE AIRBAG FAILURES. EACH TIME THE DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM ALERTS AN AIRBAG FAILURE WE HAVE IT REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP, BUT I HAVE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLES SAFETY EQUIPMENT. WILL THESE AIRBAGS ACTUALLY OPERATE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION? *TR

2011 MERCEDES BENZ ML 350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RUN FLAT TIRES ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED THREE FLAT TIRES WITHIN THE FIRST 13,000 MILES. TWO REQUIRED EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT, ONE WITH A 24 HOUR TRIP DELAY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LITERATURE FROM MERCEDES BENZ STATED THE RUN FLAT TIRES COULD ONLY BE DRIVEN 50 MILES LOADED AND ONLY 18 MILES UNLOADED.

THE CAR WAS ON AN INCLINE IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT HAS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER ON THE COLUMN, AND I HAD BEEN BACKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND GOT OUT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING TO MOVE SOMETHING. THE CAR SAT IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AND THEN SPONTANEOUSLY TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 5MILES/HOUR. FORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WAS STANDING ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR IN FRONT AND SAW THE CAR ROLLING FORWARD, JUMPED IN AND HIT THE BRAKES JUST AS THE CAR STRUCK ONE OF OTHER CARS ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE SHIFT LEVER WAS READING THE DRIVE POSITION, EVEN HAD I NOT PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN DRIVE BUT REVERSE AS I HAD BEEN PROCEEDING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. *TR