2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK320 Problems

EMERGENCY TRUNK RELEASE FAILED THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE MECHANICAL AND SHOULD NOT FAIL REMAINS FAILED WHETHER ELECTRICAL POWER IS ON, ACCESSORY IS POWERED OR SWITCH IN CA IN, ALSO REMAIN FAILED WITH KEY

THIS CAR HAD NO MECHANICAL ISSUES. THE CAR WAS STARTED AND THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS PUT DOWN. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. TWENTY MINUTES LATER SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD VENT NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER USED ON THE SITE OF THE SMOKE. CAR WAS STARTED TO CHECK FOR POSSIBLE PROBLEM AREA. ALL INDICATORS WERE GOOD. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF. FEW MINUTES LATER, FIRE WAS SEEN IN THE PASSENGER FOOTWELL AND THEN SPREAD TO THE ENGINE AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. WITHIN FIVE MINUTES THE ENGINE AND CAR INTERIOR WERE BURNED AND THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED.

THE SFLOOR SHIFTER AND LINKAGE JUST WENT OUT RANDOMLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE COMPLACENT AND NON-REPAIRABLE WITHOUT ANY FAULT OR DAMAGE BY ME OR PREVIOUS OWNER THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS BEEN UNSERVICEABLE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGINAL DISCONTINUED PART AND I BELIEVE ALL 2000 CLK 320 BENZ CABRIOLET MODELS HAVE THE SAME DEFECT WITHIN THE LINKAGE AND SHIFTER WHICH IS IT BECOMES STUCK AND GEARS LOCK CAUSING INABILITY TO GO INTO GEAR AND SAFELY MANUVER THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS MADE TO BE MANUVERED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE BENZ SERVICE CENTER AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED BASICALLY THE SOLENOID GOES OUT WITH THE SHIFTER THEN THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE OR STARTABLE WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION A COMPONENT IS CAUSING MAJOR LOSSES AND SAFETY HAZARDS. GEAR SLIPPING AND MISFIRES AS WELL TO THE ECM UNIT. AS WELL AS SENSOR ISSUES CAUSING EMISSIONS FAILURES AND FALSE READS.

AT ABOUT 2PM ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT, DRIVER LEFT STORE PARKING LOT AND HAD STOPPED CAR, WAITING FOR AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO TURN RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE OF A THREE LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY. CAR ACCELLERATED OUT OF DRIVER'S CONTROL ACROSS THE THREE LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, IN FRONT OF AND AMID APPROACHING TRAFFIC, AND THEN ONTO A GRASSY MEDIAN STRIP WITH A RAVINE IN THE CENTER. CAR ENTERED MEDIAN STRIP ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE POINT WHERE THE CAR HAD BEEN STOPPED AND WAITING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. *AK AS THE CAR WAS CROSSING THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE DESPITE ALL POSSIBLE PHYSICAL FORCE PUT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AS THE CAR ACCELLERATED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, THE POLICE REPORT DETAILS A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR. AFTER CAR ENTERED THE MEDIAN STRIP, DRIVER TRIED TO KEEP CAR IN THE MEDIAN STRIP AND WAS MOSTLY ABLE TO DO SO. CAR PROCEEDED ABOUT 80 FEET ALONG THE MEDIAN STRIP, AGAIN WITH FULL FORCE ON THE BRAKE AND BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER THIS, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PUSH GEAR SHAFT TO THE PARK POSITION AND TAKE OUT KEYS. SAFETY SIDE AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. WEATHER WAS FINE AND THERE WERE NO VISABILITY ISSUES. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT AND GLASSES.

THE SRS WARNING (AIR BAG) LIGHT ON MY MERCEDES-BENZ CLK320 STAYS ON. THE LIGHT WAS RESET BY A LOCAL MERCEDES DEALERSHIP IN 2007 BUT CAME BACK ON 1 MONTH LATER. *TR

I WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH, DUE TO MY AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THE IMPACT WAS CERTAINLY GREAT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DEPLOY, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER DENIES THAT THEY OPERATED INCORRECTLY. I WOULD EXPECT AN IMPACT AT 35-40 MPH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DEPLOY AN AIRBAG AND PREVENT CERTAIN INJURIES. *JB

THE SFLOOR SHIFTER AND LINKAGE JUST WENT OUT RANDOMLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE COMPLACENT AND NON-REPAIRABLE WITHOUT ANY FAULT OR DAMAGE BY ME OR PREVIOUS OWNER THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS BEEN UNSERVICEABLE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGINAL DISCONTINUED PART AND I BELIEVE ALL 2000 CLK 320 BENZ CABRIOLET MODELS HAVE THE SAME DEFECT WITHIN THE LINKAGE AND SHIFTER WHICH IS IT BECOMES STUCK AND GEARS LOCK CAUSING INABILITY TO GO INTO GEAR AND SAFELY MANUVER THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS MADE TO BE MANUVERED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE BENZ SERVICE CENTER AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED BASICALLY THE SOLENOID GOES OUT WITH THE SHIFTER THEN THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE OR STARTABLE WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION A COMPONENT IS CAUSING MAJOR LOSSES AND SAFETY HAZARDS. GEAR SLIPPING AND MISFIRES AS WELL TO THE ECM UNIT. AS WELL AS SENSOR ISSUES CAUSING EMISSIONS FAILURES AND FALSE READS.

ONE OF THE VEHICLE'S TIRES HAD SEVERE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD ON THE INSIDE. *NM THE TIRE ONLY HAD ABOUT 21000 MILES ON THEM THEREFORE THE CONSUMER REQUEST FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE NEW SET OF TIRES INSTALLED. *NM

WHEN THERE IS ANY LIQUID SPILL NEAR GEAR SHIFT IT COULD CAUSE THE SHIFT TO MALFUNCTION, AND MAKE GEAR SHIFT LIKE NEUTRAL WITH NO RESPONSE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER.*AK

DOOR CHECK ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED AFTER 70,000 MILES. WHEN PART FAILED, DOOR CHECK MADE OPENING DOOR DIFFICULT CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO, DOOR CHECK FAILURE RESULTED IN DEFORMING INTERNAL POWER WINDOW TRACK. COULD NOT OPEN WINDOW CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. REQUIRED OWNER TO COMPLETELY REPLACE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON VEHICLE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OPEN WINDOW AGAIN. (COST OF REPLACEMENT $2600.00 WHICH IS EXCESSIVE CONSIDERING THE LOW COST OF THE DOOR CHECK PART.) OWNER BELIEVES THAT THE DOOR CHECK PART MAY BE SUBSTANDARD IN DESIGN AND/OR DEFECTIVE IN NATURE. *NM

THE SFLOOR SHIFTER AND LINKAGE JUST WENT OUT RANDOMLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE COMPLACENT AND NON-REPAIRABLE WITHOUT ANY FAULT OR DAMAGE BY ME OR PREVIOUS OWNER THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS BEEN UNSERVICEABLE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGINAL DISCONTINUED PART AND I BELIEVE ALL 2000 CLK 320 BENZ CABRIOLET MODELS HAVE THE SAME DEFECT WITHIN THE LINKAGE AND SHIFTER WHICH IS IT BECOMES STUCK AND GEARS LOCK CAUSING INABILITY TO GO INTO GEAR AND SAFELY MANUVER THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS MADE TO BE MANUVERED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE BENZ SERVICE CENTER AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED BASICALLY THE SOLENOID GOES OUT WITH THE SHIFTER THEN THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE OR STARTABLE WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION A COMPONENT IS CAUSING MAJOR LOSSES AND SAFETY HAZARDS. GEAR SLIPPING AND MISFIRES AS WELL TO THE ECM UNIT. AS WELL AS SENSOR ISSUES CAUSING EMISSIONS FAILURES AND FALSE READS.