I lightly tapped my accelerator to edge my car up the curb to drive onto our driveway and in a fraction of a second my 4 wheel drive was in full throttle. I quickly stomped on my brakes and was able to stop the car but it was like holding back a crew of horses. I had to brake all the way to the floor and thank goodness I have strong legs and quick reflexes. It accelerated so fast I could not have done it that fast even if I had pushed the accelerator myself. It left multiple 4' to 5' black scratch marks on our driveway and the skidding of tires (take off) was heard inside our house. Probably traveled 10' or so before I could stop it. No injuries but just shaken up. I called our dealer to inquire if there were any other incidences and they said no. I looked on the web and could not find any other incidences. Took to dealer the next day and they acknowledged some type of error notice from their computer related to my accelerator and did a fix of some type.
2001 Mercedes Benz ML320 acceleration complaints
Page 2 of 2: complaints 11 to 16 of 16, newest first, as owners wrote them.
I own a mercedes benz 2001 ml320 and the lateral acceleration sensor failed around 15,000 miles and was replaced at my own expense. The bas/esp (break assist/electronic stability program) warning light comes on during each short or long trips and goes away after the vehicle sits for a while and restart of the engine and this started to occur after the warranty expired. The first replacement did not work because the wrong parts was used (so the dealer says) and the problem came right back but was corrected with the correct parts the second time (sometimes I feel the esp kicks in and breaking but that might just be my feeling). This could be a safety related issue and should be a recall item since customers that are used to these safety features may have wrong sense of feeling when the sensor fails unexpectedly at a time when this feature can avoid an accident.
Mechanical failure believed to be result of accident.*mr the consumer believed the accident was caused by unintended acceleration. *ts
The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration. The consumer tried to stop the vehicle and the brakes did not work. The consumer shifted and the SUV stopped. The steering wheel failed to turn, and the dealer stated a gasket had to be replaced, and the sudden acceleration and the steering problem were not related. Scc
While driving vehicles' speed will decrease intermittently to 20 MPH without brakes being applied. Vehicle will stay at 20 MPH for 10-15 seconds, then speed will increase. Problem has worsened as time progressed. Once when speed decreased sos malfunctioned, and there was a loud noise.
This is my second ml 320 and both cars developed the same problem at about the same time. The first one was a 1999 ml320 and the current one is a 2001 ml320. When driving on trips of over 150 miles, the car stops responding to the accelerator. It begins by jerking and then fails to respond to any pressing of the accelerator pedal at times, the response returns after several jerks, other times, the car slows and fails to respond.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2001 Mercedes Benz ML320?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history