Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / M CLASS / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004265489 Incident Date: Mar, 14 2004
Consumer's City: HONOLULU Consumer's State: HI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: M CLASS Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4JGAB54E8WA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 14 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 30 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The crankshaft harmonic balancer pulley of my mercedes ml 320 gave out on me while i was driving. the belt started to burn. i called the mercedes benz dealer in honolulu, hi and the service manager, dan told me that there was no recall on the pulley to date and that i should bring my ml 320 in to get repaired. dan stated that the pulley may not be the only part that is damaged and that the cost could probably go up in price. i stated that i had a mechanic looked at it and said that nothing else was damaged. dan insisted that there were probably internal damages. at that point, i decided to just purchase the part and have my mechanic fix my car because my mechanic looked at my car thoroughy and i felt that the manager just wanted to have me bring in my car in for the repair(s) which would have probably cost me a lot of money. *ak