Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / M CLASS / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005041849 Incident Date: Sep, 26 2005
Consumer's City: NICEVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: M CLASS Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4JGAB54E7XA Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 06 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 17 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 1999 ml 320's engine recently (27 and 29 sept 05) instantaneously stalled without warning while driving-no check engine light, just died in the middle of the road!. good wx, no rain, dry, daytime. it restarted after 5 mins. traffic went around me. ml is well maintained,vehicle has 117k miles. mechanic could not duplicate (no codes). fuel pump checked ok. at my request, the mech changed out the crankshaft position sensor (cps) on 30 sept. cost to repair $251.96. ml320 has run fine so far (7oct). i feel that this sudden engine failure (cps) while driving is a significant safety issue. do you have any information on this type of ml 320 engine failure caused by a failed cps-problem. *jb