Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / ML320 / 2000

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003202703	Incident Date: Mar, 02 2003
Consumer's City: RICHARDSON	Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: ML320	Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Steering:hydraulic power assist system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4JGAB54E8YA	Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 03 2003	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: May, 09 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: This is the second time that the power steering fluid has leaked causing sudden loss of steering control. first time (feb 2002) the dealer termed it as fault of "clamp" and now the second time (march 2003) the dealer is terming it as problem with "power fluid hose" first time the incident could have been fatal as happened while car in motion at 60 miles / hour on freeway. luckily being sunday morning there was low traffic and managed to pull it to side. second time could have caused significant property damages as car was being pulled out of garage and could have hit the car parked next. in both cases there were no prior indication for failure. *nlm