Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
MY ML 320 YEAR 2000 MERCEDES-BENZ STOPPED SUDDENLY WHILE I WAS GOING 30 MILES AND HOUR. NO SIGN OF ANY PROBLEM (THAN ENGINE STALLED). THIS IS SCARY AND MUST BE INVESTIGATED. I ALMOST HIT A CAR. IT DID NOT START FOR 20 MINUTES AND THEN IT STARTED. IT WILL CRANK-START FOR 20 SECONDS AND ENGINE WILL STOP AGAIN. CAR STARTED WORKING FINE AFTER 45 MINUTES WAIT. *TR
I HAVE A 2000 MERCEDES BENZ ML320 SUV. THIS VEHICLE SHIFTS AUTOMATICALLY FROM DRIVE TO FIRST GEAR WHEN GOING AT LAWFUL HIGH SPEED AND SOMETIMES LOW SPEEDS, DANGEROUSLY SLOWING THE VEHICLE PUTTING MY FAMILY'S LIVES AND OTHER DRIVERS IN PERIL ON THE ROAD. THE ABOVE INCIDENT OCCURRED EIGHT TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THE MERCEDES BENZ DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR
OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. OIL LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON BETWEEN 200-600 MILES OF DRIVING. TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VERY POOR. *NM
DT: CALLER HAS HAD VEHICLE IN 6 TIMES FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/SPARK PLUGS BEING CORRODED/LOOSE WHEEL BEARING/CONTROL MODULE WENT OUT/FOR SHAKING AND SPUTTERING AT IDLE, AND THE ELECTRIC FUNCTION CHECK. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK
THE CONSUMER'S MERCEDES BENZ M L 320 SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT. *BF AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE CONSUMER PARKED IN A MALL PARKING LOT. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP FROM THE DEALER IT WENT INTO STICK MODE AGAIN. THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER AND WHEN IT WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FRONT END VIBRATED. *NM
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE DECELERATED DOWN TO 10 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
TRANSMISSION KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. WHEN I TAKE IT TO BE SERVICED, THEY WOULD INITIALLY TELL ME NO COMPUTER ERRORS WERE SHOWING. A COUPLE TIMES LATER I DROVE TO THE DEALER WITH IT STUCK IN THIRD, ALLOWING THEM TO DRIVE IT THAT WAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO NEARLY REAR END US. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN BUT VERY SPORADICALLY AND THE DEALER HAS UNSUCCESSFULLY BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR. THEIR RESPONSE NOW IS THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL JERK WHILE IN GEAR. *AK
THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, IT SUDDENLY WENT INTO REVERSE, ACCELERATED AT TREMENDOUS SPEED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, UP ONTO MY PROPERTY WHERE IT HIT A TREE - STILL IN DRIVE. DAMAGE WAS IN ACCESS OF $16,000. MERCEDES DENIED ANY DEFECT OR MALFUNCTION AFTER THEIR INSPECTION. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT AN ALMOST IDENTICAL ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED IN 2000 TO ANOTHER CAR - SAME YEAR, MAKE & MODEL AS MINE. *NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TRASMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED. AFTER SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED BACK TO DRIVE, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT REENGAGE. DRIVER HAD TO SLOWDOWN TO A STOP BEFORE TRANSMISSION WOULD REENGAGE IN DRIVE AGAIN. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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