2007 Mercedes-Benz Gl Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ GL320. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING AND BRAKES LOST POWER. THE CONTACT SWAYED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SAFETY RISKS INVOLVED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING FOR LESS THAN 5 MINUTES WITH SEAT HEATER ON WHEN I FELT BURNING ON LEFT SIDE OF MY LOWER BACK. I FELT THE SEAT AND IT WAS VERY HOT AND MELTING. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED SEAT HEATER OFF, BUT I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT STOP. THE SEAT BEGAN TO COOL, BUT I SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODOR. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR, I LOOKED AND SAW A BURN IN THE SEAT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NICKEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY; THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ACTED VERY SURPRISED AND CONCERNED ABOUT MY SEAT, AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN PROBLEM BEFORE. THEY HAD ME SET UP A SERVICE APPOINTMENT, THE APPOINTMENT RECEPTIONIST SAID "HOW STRANGE- WE HAD A CALL YESTERDAY ABOUT A GL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM" I HAD MY SERVICE APPOINTMENT TODAY. AFTER INSPECTING THE GL, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IN MY SEAT WAS DUE TO WEAR. THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE SIDE THAT I ENTER THE CAR AND I MUST HAVE WORN IT DOWN, AND THAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION WHICH LEAD TO MY SEAT GETTING OVERHEATED AND MELTED. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SEAT OR THE PROBLEM. THEY DID DISCONNECT THE SEAT HEATER. I AM SHOCKED BY THE MB SERVICE. THERE IS ONLY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CAR, AND TO INSINUATE THAT THE WAY I GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE IS ABSURD. MB NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ADMIT TO THE DANGER THAT GL OWNER ARE EXPOSED TO. I AM A LOYAL COSTUMER WHO HAS OWNED SEVERAL MERCEDES. I AM A MOTHER OF 2 YOUNG CHILDREN, I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT THEY WERE NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I SENSED THE HEAT BEFORE THERE WAS A FIRE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN SEATED A LITTLE MORE TO THE RIGHT OR WEARING A HEAVY COAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE FELT THE MELTING TILL I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GREAT DANGER. I THINK THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE DESIGN THAT POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF ANY GL OWNER. TOMORROW I WILL CONTACT AN ATTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF 30 MINUTES TO A HOUR ON CRUISE CONTROL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN Y CRUISE CONTROL SENDS UP A ERROR MESSAGE N CUTS OUT THEN MY TRANSMISSION DROPS FROM 7TH GEAR TO 6TH GEAR AND WOULD GET STUCK AND I CAN'T SHIFT IT AT ALL. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TURN MY OF THE CAR TURN IT BACK ON JUST SO THE TRANNY WOULD SHIFT NORMAL. ANOTHER 30 MIN OR SO IT DOES IT AGAIN N I HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS TO RESET MY TRANSMISSION. *TR