Consumer Complaint Detail
MERCEDES BENZ / E320 / 1999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005073268 | Incident Date: Jun, 09 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ROCKVILLE | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| Model Name: E320 | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WDBJF65H9XA | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 28 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 05 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Crank position sensor (cps) started to fail when the outside temperature was above 95f. car (1999 mercedes benz e320) failed to start twice when parked after driving for a short distance. only after cooling it would start again. at one point the engine became very erratic while in traffic. at another point i was stopped on the traffic light and the engine just stopped running. fortunately i was near home and after waiting a few minutes it started again. it was embarrassing to say the least , having a mb car stall in front of other much cheaper cars on the traffic light. fortunately, i was using this car for only short trips and did not incur the risk of having it stall on a highway, but i am sure it would as long as the engine temperature was above a certain point. i researched this problem on the internet and found the following mb car owners chat/forum room with discussions on the many similar problems experienced by others: http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80989. *jb |