DRIVING ON A REMOTE HIGHWAY IN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT 55MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL CEASED TO FUNCTION, CREATING FLUCTUATION IN ENGINE SPEED AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THE FOLLOWING WARNING LAMPS APPEARED: BRAKE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ABS AND ESP. CLOSEST MERCEDES BENZ REPAIR FACILITY WAS 300 MILES AWAY AT A REDUCED SPEED ON VARIOUS HIGHWAY AND FREEWAYS CAUSING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. DETERMINED ISSUE TO BE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THEN APRIL 2016,SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS AGAIN WITH RIGHT REAR AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. AS THEY REPAIR FACILITY WAS TEST DRIVING, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED. THEN JULY 2016 SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED. THEN DECEMBER 2017 SAME INCIDENT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS, LEFT REAR WHEEL SENSOR FAILED. AGAIN OCTOBER 2019, SAME INCIDENT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR FAILED.
- NHTSA ID
- 11364205
- Incident
- Jul 15, 2014
- Mileage
- 14,603 mi