Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / ML320 / 1999

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007108331 Incident Date: Jun, 07 2007
Consumer's City: DARIEN Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: ML320 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4JGAB54E1XA Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 09 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 06 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Stop and go traffic in worm weather causes front brakes to heat up and drag constantly to the point of causing the transmission to shift down and eventually stop the car completely. after about an hour of cooling down, it will behave normally. dealer and a specialty shop can not find anything wrong. this problem started in the summer of 2005, four incidents since, the last one on the date indicated.