2005 Mercedes Benz ML350

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCEDES ML350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,400.

THE 2005 ML 350 I BELIEVE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT LED TO RECALLS FOR ML SERIES IN 2003, 2004 AND POSSIBLY OTHER YEARS. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM LOOSES FLUID CAUSED BY LEAKS IN THE PLUMBING OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE ONLY SIGN OF AN INITIAL PROBLEM WAS THE NOISE MADE BY THE PUMP BECAUSE OF LOSS OF FLUID. THIS VEHICLE REQUIRES SPECIAL FLUID WHICH IS NOT COMMONLY AVAILABLE. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS THE RESULT OF THE LOSS OF FLUID.

THE CUP HOLDER ON ML 350 MERCEDES BENZ IS NOT DESIGN WELL I GOT BAD BURN SEVERAL TIMES BY PLACING COFFEE IN CUP HOLDER ,I TALK WITH MERCEDES BENZ PEOPLE MENTIONED TO SORRY YOU HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE DIFFERENT CUP HOLDER ,ALSO ON HAND BRAKE DOESN'T WORK AFTER SEVERAL TIME USED,DOESN'T RELEASE CAR MADE REALLY CHEAP DESIGN AND HIGH PRICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCEDES ML350. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GROAN COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING. THE STEERING WOULD ALSO SPORADICALLY BECOME TIGHT WHEN ATTEMPTING A SHARP TURN. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY BE CAUSE BY MOISTURE IN THE RACK AND PINION. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE TWO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS RELATIVE TO THE FAILURE BUT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL (NHTSA ITEM NUMBERS: 10028646 AND 10020460). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

2005 MERCEDES ML 350 VEHICLE JUMPS WHEN COMING TO A STOP THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT GOING TOO DEALERSHIP CAN NEVER FIND THE PROBLEM, FELLS LIKE TRANSMISSION . VERY BAD SAFETY ISSUE THIS HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE NOV 8 2006 PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!! *TR

I WOULD SAY WITHIN A YEAR OF GETTING THE VEHICLE WHILE AT A STOP THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO SHAKE AND ALMOST STALL BUT I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE SOME AND IT WENT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED ATLEAST 3 OTHER TIMES SINCE THEN AND IT IS NOW DEC 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW WHEN I GOT IT IN MARCH OF 2005. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NOW MY CAR IS STALLING OUT AND WON'T START PROPERLY OR STAY RUNNING. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING IT TO A BENZ REPAIR SHOP BUT AM NOT HOPEFUL GIVEN WHAT A MB ROADSIDE TECH STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HE "THINKS" IT'S A SENSOR PROBLEM. COME ON IT'S MERCEDES THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A LUXURY VEHICLE WITH NO HEADACHES. *TR

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I WAS AT 61K MILES AND WARRANTY EXPIRED ABOUT 10K MILES AGO. NOW I AM EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. AN MB TECH CAME AND SAID THE BATTERY WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT MOST LIKELY A SENSOR ISSUE AND THAT THIS MODEL HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS AND THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. WELL IT KEPT HAPPENING ALL THIS WEEK UNTIL THE 11TH WHERE IT REALLY WENT DOWN HARD IN TRAFFIC, LUCKILY THIS TIME MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR. NORMALLY THE CAR WOULD START IMMEDIATELY AFTER OR WITHIN 15 MINUTES THIS TIME AN HOUR AND WOULD THEN DIE RIGHT AFTER, START AND DIE AGAIN WITHIN A MINUTE. THIS IS A FREAKING MERCEDES BENZ WITH REASONABLE MILEAGE, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AND IS VERY UNSAFE. I STARTED TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN IT BEGAN TO DIE AND WAS THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON A FREEWAY WITH MY 3 KIDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES AT APPROXIMATELY 57 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE STEERING COLUMN COMPLETELY LOCKED. SHE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, BUT WAS HEADED TOWARDS A CEMENT BARRIER BECAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN WAS INOPERABLE. SHE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY. THERE WAS NO CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HOSE CLAMP DETACHED AND ALL OF THE POWER STEERING FLUID DRAINED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

I HAVE A 2005 MERCEDES ML350 I BOUGHT IN 2006 SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR DYING. ONCE WHEN I WAS TURNING IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MY LITTLE BABY DAUGHTER WE ALMOST GOT HIT CAUSE THE CAR DIED OUT ON ME. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES IN FACT IT IS IN THERE NOW FOR THE SAME THING AND THEY CANNOT FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE MANAGER OF THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS THAT OWN THOSE CARS. HE SAID THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN THE CAR DIES IT DOES NOT REGISTER ANY CODE IN ANY OF THE COMPUTER CHIPS SO THEY CAN NEVER DETECT WHAT THE PROBLEM EXACTLY IS. PLEASE HELP THIS IS VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM CAUSE WHEN THE CAR DIES OUT YOU HAVE NO BRAKE AND NO STEERING AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM OTHERS DO TOO. *TR