I own a 2000 ml320 mercedes benz. In 4 different events the car applies brakes on tires randomly and the car comes to a stop and pulls and jerks to that side the esp light blink on instrument cluster and bas/esp light comes on. My wife taking the kids to school from stockton to lathrop on I-5 had this problem too and it really scared them luckily the right lane was empty and they managed to somehow pull over. This is a major safety issue that can cause death or serious injury. The brakes and electronic stability applies on by itself randomly causing the car to jerk or stop and pushing on the accelerator does not make the car move due to the lack of power and car won't pass 1000rpm restarting the engine resets the problem until it occurs again. Took to the dealership and they say this is most likely due to a bad "yaw rate sensor" I have had this problem on 3 other occasions driving around 30-40 miles per hour and the car came to a stop in traffic and the driving conditions was clean on a straightaway road. Mercedes benz refuses to fix this dangerous problem as a major safety recall they want $300 to look at the car $500 for yaw sensor and $600 for labor and they will not guarantee if it will solve the problem. Please help I do not want my wife and kids get in to a car accident but this is our only car.
2000 Mercedes Benz ML320 driver assistance complaints
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I purchase a my 2000 mercedes benz ml320 used with approx. 78k miles. The vehicle now has 105k miles, while driving the vehicle normal, and no off road activity the front brakes would activate causing the vehicle to pull suddenly to the left or right depending on which side had been activated with no input from the driver. The incident would last anywhere from three to five seconds in duration and loss of brake control to the rest of the vehicle. This has happened several different times 5 to be exact all at different speeds. The last episode I was traveling at 50 MPH when the front left wheel slammed on brakes and jerked the vehicle to the left, thank god, no on was coming at me at that time. The vehicle has been taken to a repair shop and a yaw sensor ordered. I have read previously that a similar complaint had been filed and closed back in 2007. All I can say is that this could have been a very serious issue, because it happens unexpectedly and at any speed!
2000 ml320 vehicle engages bas / esp system during left turn after which these warning lights remain on. Abs system activates brakes causing loss of speed. Occurs in wet or dry conditions.
Same problem as discussed in the federal safety agency pe 07007-left front brake engages for no reason-esp/bas light comes on-this last for a couple of seconds and as stated after stopping and restarting engine seem to go away for several days.
Two recent incidents of my 2000 ml-320 suddenly braking and losing power. All brake and esp lights lit up. I was able to steer car to an exit - it had very limited power and the accelerator did not seem to react when pressed. One incident was wednesday 7/23/2008 at appx 12:50 pm cst. I was driving south on us 431 s at appx 60 MPH on a clear day. The second incident occured on sunday july 27, 2008 at appx 6:30 am driving north on us 431 also a clear day. 7-30-08 eps module failure placed vehicle in limp home mode*smch
I own a 2000 mercedes ml320 - while driving a few years ago on cruise control doing 65 miles per hour the truck jammed on the brakes. It took me to just about a complete stop from 65 miles per hour on a major highway route 287 in nj. When I called and was put on with a customer service specialist to troubleshoot the problem he asked "how far did you skid" and laughed. I brought it to the dealer and they drove it around for two weeks and told me it does not do this when they try it. It was raining at the time so I waited until it rained again and tried it again. I did it at a lower speed in a safer situation and it did it again. They replaced the yaw sensor but we are not trusting the cruise control and never used it again. Well, now for the last few months the truck locks up one or more wheels randomly at high and low speeds. Sometimes for only a few seconds and other times longer. Sometimes the system fails and turns the light on and other times it just recovers and starts driving again. It happens on dry days just driving in a straight line. When only one wheel locks up it pulls the truck in that direction and has almost caused me and my wife to crash. It is random it might happen three times in a day or not at all for a week. We have experienced this at least 10 times in the last two months. It did not show a code until last week. The truck was never in a accident so it can not be from damage! It is still in this state at this time and no work has been done to correct it as of yet. Code: c1120 esp yaw rate sensor n/64 or signal mercedes tries to pretend this problem does not exist but when someone gets hurt badly they will not be able to ignore it! Any system that faults by forcing the car to a stop is a scary design flaw! I found this from web search your the federal safety agency action number : pe07007 thanks, edwin wendell
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