2013 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK350 Complaints

MY 2013 GLK350 WAS STATIONARY AND I WAS PARKED IN MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY IN ILLINOIS. IT WAS NIGHTTIME AND I WENT TO GO CLOSE THE PANORAMIC ROOF SINCE I WAS GOING INSIDE AND IT WAS LIGHTLY RAINING. TEMPS OUTSIDE WERE MILD SINCE IT WAS MAY 27, 2016. WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE THE ROOF I HEARD A CRUNCH SOUND BUT DID NOT NOTICE IT WAS SHATTERED. I CLOSED THE SUN BLIND AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I OPENED THE BLIND THE NEXT TIME MAY 28, 2016. MY SISTER AND I BOTH LOOKED UP AND NOTICED THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED. THE REST OF MY FAMILY ALSO NOTED THE DAMAGE ALSO AND WE TOOK INCLUDED PICTURES. I CALLED MB USA AT 800 367.6372. ADAM THE REP I SPOKE TO SAID I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT'S PART OF A RECALL BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED IT UP THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VIN?? I FOLLOWED UP WITH VANESSA AT THE 800 AND SHE SAID THE SAME THAT SVC GUY DID AT DEALERSHIP. I ESCALATED MY COMPLAINT FOR RESOLUTION, NO OBJECTS OR ROCKS, ETC CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GLASS AND THE TRACK WAS CLEAR OF DEBRIS. I LOOKED ON INTERNET AND NOTED SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF THE GLASS SHATTERING AND SOME WITH GLASS EXPLODING OUT OR IMPLODING??! MB IS NOT CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND! I HAVE ESCALATED AGAIN AND I AM STILL WAITING TO CONNECT WITH MB USA TO DISCUSS SINCE THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE STATIONARY OR MOVING THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD. I HAD TO GET THIS REPAIRED AND COST ME UPWARDS OF $1600 OUT OF POCKET.. BUT HAS COST UP TO $2K PER INCIDENT. COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS NOT ONLY HAPPENING TO OTHER CAR MODELS AND SO FAR THERE ARE COMPLAINS FILED AGAINST KIA AND NISSAN.

PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLOSION. DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT 45 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE CLOSED SUNROOF SHATTERED. NO FOREIGN OBJECTS OR CONTACT OCCURRED. IT WAS SPONTANEOUS EXPLOSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES BENZ GLK350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER LEAVES A WIDE WATER STREAK WHEN LEAVING THE A-PILLAR, BLOCKING DRIVER'S VISION. SENT VEHICLE BACK TO TWO DEALERS FOR 5 TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALERSHIP CHANGED A WIPER BLADE, BUT PROBLEM REMAINED. A NEW MB FACTORY WINDSHIELD WAS INSTALLED IN 2014 SUMMER DUE TO GLASS DAMAGE UNRELATED TO THIS DEFECT. AFTER THAT, PROBLEM REMAINS. IN NOVEMBER 2014, A SERVICE MANAGER CITED A PUBLICATION FROM XENTRY, TOPIC NUMBER LI82.30-P-059239 (C), SUGGESTING THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM EXISTING ON ALL PASSENGER CAR MODEL SERIES AND THERE'S NO TECHNICAL REMEDY AVAILABLE, THUS REFUSED TO PROVIDED ANY FURTHER WARRANTY REPAIRS. A VIDEO DESCRIBING THE DEFECT IS ON YOUTUBE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=4NTTRAR-ZDO

I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLES RPM JUMPED TO 4000, I QUICKLY PUT THE VEHICLE IN "PARK". THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN. THE RPM JUMPED TO 4000 AGAIN. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN A WEEK. BOTH TIMES AT A STOP - ONCE AT A STOP SIGN AND ONCE AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE MERCEDES DEALER BUT MERCEDES SERVICE STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALMOST EXACTLY 1 YEAR AGO, MY WIFE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE "LUNGED" FORWARD. SHE HAS NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THAT INCIDENT AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS A WEEK FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I HADN'T UNDERSTOOD HER CONCERN COMPLETELY UNTIL IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE LAST WEEK. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM BUT MERCEDES IS SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE SUNROOF ON MY 2013 MERCEDES BENZ GLK 350 SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WITH NO WARNING. NOTHING HIT THE ROOF OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE CAR. THE WEATHER WAS ABOUT 36 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO HOT. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG (LIKE THE SOUND OF A GUNSHOT) FOLLOWED BY 5 - 10 MINUTES OF CRACKLING AS THE SUNROOF GLASS BROKE INTO HUNDREDS OF PIECES. IT APPEARS TO BE THE TOP LAYER OF DOUBLE-PANED GLASS, AS THE GLASS DID NOT FALL INTO THE CAR. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. *TR

I JUST LEFT MY HOUSE AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND AS I MADE A TURN AND ACCELERATED, I FELT A DRAG AND THEN A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I THEN SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW FLAMES UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IN A MATTER OF MINUTES THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. 911 WAS CALLED AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS, A POLICEMAN AND A PERSON FROM THE ASSOCIATED FIRE PROTECTION, ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH A DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITHOUT SUCCESS. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, I WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE A POLICE REPORT SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT THE END RESULT IS THAT THE CAR IS JUST A BURNED OUT SHELL AND WAS TOTALED. *TR

VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED LEAVING MY 3 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE STRAPPED TO HER CARSEAT. THE KEY FOB WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. MY WIFE LEFT THE KEYS IN HER PURSE SINCE THEY ARE BLUETOOTH KEYS AND PLACED THEM INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND WALKED AROUND TO DRIVERS SIDE TO GET IN. VEHICLE SELF LOCKED WHILE SHE WAS WALKING AROUND TO DRIVER'S SIDE, LEAVING CHILD TRAPPED IN VEHICLE IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER. CALLED MERCEDES BENZ OF AMERCIA, RELAYED THE PROBLEM. PHONE REP "[XXX]" SAID THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME AND "THEY" DO NOT KNOW WHY. TALKED TO MERCEDES BENZ OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING AND SAID IT WOULD BE A $130 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED AT TIME OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCK KEYS IN VEHICLE UNLESS LOCK BUTTON IS DEPRESSED ON KEYLESS START KEY FOB. THIS IS A MFG DEFECT IN MY OPINION AND MB OF USA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TWICE I'VE HAD THE ISSUE WHERE NONE OF MY LIGHTS WORK WHILE I'VE BEEN DRIVING. NOT SURE ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS, HOWEVER BOTH TIMES I HIT MY TURN SIGNAL TO TURN (DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT OR LEFT) AND THERE IS NO INDICATOR VISIBLE ON MY DASHBOARD. ALSO THERE IS NO TICKING/SIGNALING NOISE. WHEN I'VE PULLED OVER AND HAD MY PASSENGER GET OUT AND LOOK AT MY REAR OR FRONT TURN SIGNALS NOTHING WORKS, PERIOD. I DID MENTION THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I'VE NOT BOTHERED A 2ND TIME SINCE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THE FIRST TIME. TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE; I HAVE TO POWER MY CAR OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN START MY ENGINE BACK UP. BOTH TIMES THIS HAS SOLVED MY TURN SIGNAL ISSUE. NOT SURE IF MY FLASHERS HAVE THE ISSUE OR NOT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. KNOWING ME I WOULD THINK I WOULD HAVE CHECKED IT, HOWEVER I CAN'T RECALL. *JS

I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE INTO A SPOT ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN "DRIVE" TO PULL FORWARD, THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD . I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND WHEN THE CAR KEPT ON GOING, I PRESSED THE PARKING BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN "PARK". THE CAR ENDED UP JUMPING THE SIDEWALK AND HITTING THE POSTS AND GARAGE OF A HOUSE. I DID NOT PRESS THE ACCELERATOR BY MISTAKE. I DO HAVE A WITNESS WHO WAS ON THE SIDEWALK AT THE TIME WHO WATCHED ME DURING THE ORDEAL.