2001 Mercedes Benz ML320: brake failure

Filed Sep 23, 2015 · Brakes · 170,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mercedes benz ml320. While driving at approximately 65 MPH, the brakes failed without warning and caused the vehicle to come to an abrupt stop. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jun 5, 2012 · Brakes · 35,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mercedes-benz ml320. The contact was traveling 40-45 MPH when the steering wheel and brakes began to vibrate abnormally. The contact had not engaged the brakes. The contact also stated that later that day, the brakes failed while being depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 25, 2009 · Brakes, Steering · 76,000 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercedes ml320. While traveling at 65mph, the vehicle suddenly veered to the right lane. She attempted to steer the vehicle back into her lane but lost control of the vehicle. She pressed on the break pedal but they fell straight to the floor. She grabbed the steering wheel again with more force. She steered the vehicle back to the left and off the road into a patch of grass. The vehicle finally came to a stop. She had the vehicle towed to a repair shop. The mechanic could not locate the failure. The vehicle was taken to a dealership in which they ran diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the failure occured from a stop lamp switch. They replaced the part but that did not repair the failure. While driving on another occassion she lost control of the vehicle and brake failure. She veered onto other lanes. She had the vehicle towed to her home this time and attempted contacting the dealership. The vehicle is currently parked outside of her homeun repaired. The current and failure mileage was 76,000. Bl

Filed Oct 18, 2003 · Fuel system · MN

I picked this note up from a mercedes-benz interest group website, and examined my ml320, and found this to be a true danger (ticking time bomb). Here: don't know if this has been a subject of discussion before, so forgive me if it has, I'm new here. I'm a dealership technician in southern ca, and I see a lot of the routine failures on all of the models. Most of the time, when something safety related is a repeat or common failure on a car, there is a recall or a campaign on the issue. Not this time. For the last few years, I have been seeing 163's with chafed fuel and brake lines. Now there's two very important systems on any vehicle, fuel and brakes. The typical failure is directly below the master cylinder at the foremost brake line. The only fuel line rests innocently against the line, chafing and rubbing for many miles. Now, you would think, ok, it's a rubber hose on a metal line, no big deal, right? No! The fuel line is lined with braided stainless steel, which effectively cuts into the brake line. I have personally replaced several brake/fuel line combos on these vehicles, and seen many others do the same. Any time I see it, I replace the lines, and bring it to the attention of higher-level personnel in mb, but two years from the first one I had seen, there has not been to date (to the best of my knowledge) any recognition of this failure by mb corporate. More common on ml 55, 500, 430 up to 2003. They seem to have shortened the fuel line on the newest vehicles. If I come across one soon, I'll try to take a picture to give you folks an idea of what I'm talking about. A friend worked on one out of state that had complete brake failure, and the woman driving ended up going through a stoplight. I'll check in once in a while, if anyone has any questions I'll do my best to answer them. Just a heads-up, do yourself a favor and go look at your engine fuel line.

Filed Mar 24, 2003 · Acceleration, Steering · OH · 1 injury

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

Filed Oct 4, 2001 · Visibility · NY

Also the windows go down by themselves. This has happen twice within the past 2 weeks. They go down when the car is off and the ignition key is out. They replaced the switch for the front windows. A week later the same thing happened to the back windows. We took the car in for service and all they tell us is that they cannot reproduce the problem. Therefore they feel that there is nothing wrong. I have had brake failure 4 times on this car. They have changed the master cylinder 2 x's. Are refusing to do anything else at this time. They say the car is okay.