2014 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350 Complaints

VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT-HAND TURN UPHILL AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF FOR 25 MINUTES; ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. REQUIRED TO MANUALLY HOLD IN THE BRAKE ON AN INCLINE UNTIL VEHICLE RESTARTED. DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND IS RETURNING THE VEHICLE.

SUDDENLY IN THE MORNING 3 DAYS AGO WITHOUT HIT ANYTHING, A CRACK APPEARED ON MY WINDSHIELD. A LONG LINE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE PASSENGER IS SITTING, LESS THAN 1$ BILL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS WAY.

THE VEHICLE'S HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ('HVAC SYSTEMS') HAVE A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT CAUSES THE HVAC SYSTEM TO (A) ACCUMULATE MOLD AND MILDEW RESIDUE OR GROWTH WITHIN THE HVAC SYSTEM; (B) EMIT A MOLDY OR MILDEWY ODOR THAT PERMEATES THE VEHICLE CABIN WHEN THE HVAC SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED; AND (C) CAUSE THE VEHICLE'S PASSENGER CABIN TO BE UNBEARABLE AND THUS UNUSABLE FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. IT LACKS A WAY TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE WATER LEFT IN THE SYSTEM DUE TO CONDENSATION AND THIS IN TURNS CREATES A SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA, FUNGUS, MOLD, AND SPORES, WHICH THEN ARE BLOWN INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN WHEN THE HVAC SYSTEM IS IN USE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MERCEDES-BENZ CARS WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. IT MAKES IT VERY UNPLEASANT TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN YOU NEED TO TURN ON THE A/C FOR A CAR THAT IS PRACTICALLY NEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE "A-SERVICE" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND A BASIC SERVICE WAS PERFORMED, WHICH INCLUDED AN OIL CHANGE AND THE FLUIDS WERE TOPPED OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CONTACT DID A "DEEP STICK" CHECK FOR OIL, WHICH DID NOT REGISTER ANY OIL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF OIL SO SOON. THE CONTACT INSTEAD TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

I OWN A MERCEDES BENZ ML 350 2014 AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT UNTILL THIS PASS FRIDAY MARCH 31ST I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THAT MORNING I SAME WAY I ALWAYS GO AND WHILE GOING AROUND THE SMALL ROUNDABOUT THE SUV SHOT OF AND STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AND IT SOUNDE LIKE A PIECE OF IRON BEING DRAGED ON CONCRETE.IT CAUSED ME TO HIT AND OTHER SUV AND IT WAS VERY SCRAY FOR ME SO MERCEDES DID SOME DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND SAID THAT THE CAR WAS FINE..I DONT BELIEVE THAT IF ANY CAR DOES WHAT MINE DID THAT IT WOULD BE FINE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH IT I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVR IT ..I TOLD THE HEAD OFFICE OF MERCEDES IN NEW JERSEY THAT THE SARASOTA FL DEALERSHIP CAN KEEP THE CAR FOR A MONTH OR SO AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL TEST AND CHECH UP ON THE ENGINE BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM AS YET. UPDATED 05/10/17*LJ UPDATED 08/03/2017*JS

I WAS IN A COLLISION IN WHICH I REAR ENDED ANOTHER SUV. THE SPEED CONTROL DID NOT ENABLE AND I HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR. I BELIEVE THE CAR BRAKING RESPONSE WAS SLOW AND THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN A CRASH THAT SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT DID NOT.

DIESEL FUEL LEAKS FROM A TINY CRACK FORMING ON THE OIL FILTER HOUSING. THE FILTER HAS MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT THAT CAUSES THE BOTTOM HOUSING OF THE FILTER TO FORM SMALL CRACKS PREMATURELY. THE MERCEDES PART NUMBER OF THIS FILTER IS A 642 090 60 52 MANUFACTURED BY MANN , MADE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WHERE THE FILTER FORMS CRACKS AND LEAKS DIESEL FUEL. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THERE ARE ANY VEHICLE FIRES AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. WHEN THE FILTER LEAKS, THE FUEL STREAMS DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THROUGH A WEEP HOLE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE EXHAUST. THIS IS IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXTREMELY HOT EXHAUST PIPING THAT COULD IGNITE THE FUEL AND CAUSE A FUEL FIRE RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITIES.

DIESEL FUEL FILTER AND/OR DIESEL FUEL HOSE LEAKS SPILLING HIGHLY FLAMMABLE DIESEL FUEL ON THE ROAD. THE DIESEL FUEL COULD LEAK NEAR THE HEAT SOURCE OR LEAK ONTO THE ROAD. THIS COULD LEAD TO A CRASH OR CAUSE A FIRE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE.

2014 ML350 SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE, THEN THREE WKS LATER BECAUSE THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED IT OVER THE NEXT DAY AND ASSURED ME THE CAR WAS PERFECT AND HAD FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR SHUT-OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED A DEFECT IN THE CAR. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

PULLING INTO GARAGE, PUT CAR INTO "PARK" AND ALL OF SUDDEN, WENT INTO "NEUTRAL" CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACK (FLOOR OF GARAGE HAS SLIGHT ANGLE). AT FIRST COULD NOT PUT CAR INTO "DRIVE". FINALLY GOT IT INTO DRIVE, MOVED CAR FORWARD AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PUT IT INTO "PARK" THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, LAST YEAR, MERCEDES COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. CAR BEING BROUGHT TO MERCEDES ON OCTOBER 5, 2015