2001 MERCEDES-BENZ ML320 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLES' SPEED WILL DECREASE INTERMITTENTLY TO 20 MPH WITHOUT BRAKES BEING APPLIED. VEHICLE WILL STAY AT 20 MPH FOR 10-15 SECONDS, THEN SPEED WILL INCREASE. PROBLEM HAS WORSENED AS TIME PROGRESSED. ONCE WHEN SPEED DECREASED SOS MALFUNCTIONED, AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CATR STARTED STALLING. I TRIED TO TURN OFF THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT TURN AT ALL BECASUSE THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT TURN. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LOCKED. I CALLED THE MERCEDES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE UNSNAPPED, AS A RESULT, HE HAD TO GO TO A LOCAL TRACK AUTO STORE TO BUY A TEMPORARY PART TO REPLACE IT. THIS WAS A SCARY AND CLOSE CALL AS I SAW A METRO BUS ALMOST RUN INTO ME AS I WAS TRYING TO MANEAVOR THE CAR OUT OF THE WAY.

POWER STEERING COOLER HOSE CAME LOOSE DURING OPERATION CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CLAMP HOLDING THE HOSE IN PLACE IS DEFECTIVE; HOWEVER, MERCEDES HAS NOT HAD A RECALL TO FIX THE ITEM. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN IN A TURN WHEN THIS OCCURRED AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST LIKELY RESULT. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT A CAR COMPANY WOULD NOT RECALL AND RESOLVE A KNOWN ISSUE. TS

THIS IS MY SECOND ML 320 AND BOTH CARS DEVELOPED THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE FIRST ONE WAS A 1999 ML320 AND THE CURRENT ONE IS A 2001 ML320. WHEN DRIVING ON TRIPS OF OVER 150 MILES, THE CAR STOPS RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR. IT BEGINS BY JERKING AND THEN FAILS TO RESPOND TO ANY PRESSING OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT TIMES, THE RESPONSE RETURNS AFTER SEVERAL JERKS, OTHER TIMES, THE CAR SLOWS AND FAILS TO RESPOND.*AK

ALSO THE WINDOWS GO DOWN BY THEMSELVES. THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE WITHIN THE PAST 2 WEEKS. THEY GO DOWN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND THE IGNITION KEY IS OUT. THEY REPLACED THE SWITCH FOR THE FRONT WINDOWS. A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE BACK WINDOWS. WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND ALL THEY TELL US IS THAT THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEREFORE THEY FEEL THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE HAD BRAKE FAILURE 4 TIMES ON THIS CAR. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE MASTER CYLINDER 2 X'S. ARE REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME. THEY SAY THE CAR IS OKAY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY, WHEN A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO DISCOVER THAT THE REAR RIGHT TIRE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER.(GENERAL GRABBER ST TIRE P255/65/R16, DOT#A33X3HB0701) *SLC

THE BAS/ESP LIGHT TURNS ON ON THE DASHBOARD. TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER TO STOP A CAR, TURN COMPLETE LEFT, AND THEN COMPLETE RIGHT, SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE FOR 10 SECONDS AND START THE ENGINE. FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES THE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD DISAPPEARED. ON THE 3RD OCCURRENCE, THE LIGHT STAYED ON. CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE THE LOOK AT THE CAR.*AK

SECURITY SYSTEM DOES NOT LOCK VEHICLES DOORS. *AK THE REMOTE KEYS DOES NOT OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOOR DUE TO IGNITION LOCK ASSEMBLY FAILURE, IT TOOK DEALER THREE TIMES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

SOON AFTER PURCHASING NEW VEHICLE GAS GAUGE STARTED TO HAVE DEFECTS. GAUGE WOULD NOT READ GAS MILEAGE CORRECTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PROBLEM WAS. *AK