Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / ML500 / 2006

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006094416 Incident Date: Aug, 02 2006
Consumer's City: LOMBARD Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: ML500 Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:gear box (other than rack and pinion)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4JGBB75E86A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 06 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact stated that while driving his 2006 mercedes ml 500 (19800 failure mileage) at 25 mph, and merging right onto the expressway, the vehicle kept going straight onto the grass. the contact stopped the vehicle to check the steering wheel and found that the steering wheel kept spinning. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the dealer stated that "they will not fix the vehicle, because the vehicle was in a crash" even though he didn't strike anything when he lost control and ran off on to the median. the vehicle has not yet been repaired.