The contact owns a 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH and other various speeds, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact stated that she refilled the power steering reservoir several times and noted that there was a stain underneath her vehicle after parking overnight. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle had not been diagnosed and had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact related the failure to a closed the federal safety agency Action Number: PE3006 (Steering). The failure mileage was approximately 220,000.
Mercedes Benz ML320 loss of power problems
35 of the 741 owner complaints about the Mercedes Benz ML320 describe sudden loss of power, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 35
- worst model year
- 2000
- typical mileage
- 70,190
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
Power steering loss 19Stalling 3Check engine light 3Won't start 2
What owners say
Ongoing issue that is sometimes difficult to replicate. Vehicle will suddenly die while driving or idling, without warning, and take approximately 20 minutes to restart. Ignition will sometimes stick and not start. Vehicle almost crashed into another vehicle in one instance where sudden loss of power occurred while approaching stop light.
"takats recall" 1st issue I noticed is when I gave someone a jump off a dead car battery. As I was driven I noticed my car battery light came on meaning my battery was decreasing power and it did I was on my way home driven I noticed my car losing power in the car shut completely off so I pulled to the side and I called someone to give me a jump the car started back up drove about 3, blocks and the car shut completely off again so I purchased a brand new battery replacing the old battery with an new one. Got another jump to give the the battery some extra juice. After I received the jump I'm back on the road. In the ancient occur again so I called someone to give me a jump. This time the car didn't start. So I had to get it tow home. Got home did some research in found out it was the alternator. Replace the old alternator with a new one. 2nd issue I noticed after I replaced the old alternator with the new one I noticed my two fans blower will continuously run for hours when I take my car keys out of the ignition. And due to that that cause my drained my battery causing me to lose power and my car won't be able to start when I put my key in the ignition I don't kno if they connected a wire to keep running if so he was to supposed to tell me that which he didn't. 3rd issue I noticed I recently added new front pads and rotor's new rear pads and rotors 1 new rear passsger side brake caliper. My brake lights still appeared to pop up I told the merchant he told me it could be a sensor failure and get check out at a mercedes benz dealer. 4th issue the triangle light located in the center of dash flashes occasionally causing under certain circumstances, tapping the brake pedal may not automatically disengage cruise control as expected in certain model year recall subject: suspension: front control arm upper arm .recall: 6/service bulletins: 2
Loss of power steering fluid, it appears to be from the hose connection to the radiator during driving and while stationery. This issue was previously recalled, I believe twice. Dealer requested $125 diagnostic charge. Mb USA informed in a phone conversation, that this problem was already fixed october 2008 under recall, and the warranty expired and I should fix on my own cost.
Ml320 bluetec, randomly loses power. The power will be restored once the car is turned off and on again. Car has been to the dealer 7 times for repair of this one issue, including twice in a state with limited power. Dealer has done multiple software updates, turbo replacement, exhaust valves replacement and the issue is still present. On one of the last occasions this happened, the car lost power when trying to merge on to the hwy. This almost resulted in me being rear ended by a big rig. Luckily I was able to pull to the shoulder before I was rear ended. This is serious safety concern that needs to be addressed and rectified. As of 02/17/2014 this issue has not been corrected.
The vehicle lost all power suddenly. Other owners have also experienced similar problems. I found this out by searching the internet. I followed what others have done. I had a local garage replace the cps-crankshaft position sensor and the problem has resolved. I suspect faulty design of the crankshaft position sensor. Very fortunate that no one was injured. My 16 year old daughter was driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 mercedes-benz ml320. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle began to lose power until stalling. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle and it was towed to an independent mechanic where the contact was awaiting a diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure and current mileage was approximately 110,000.
2002 mercedes-benz ml320. Consumer is having some warranty repair problems with mercedes-benz. He also states that mercedes-benz is refusing to pay for any recall repairs. *kb the consumer stated noises and lack of power from the vehicle were reported to the dealer. An independent repair shop found dirty solid metal residue in the transmission fluid, there were missing parts in the planetary gear. The cause of damage was faulty assembly of the pins/plugs in the gears, which resulted in the parts becoming loose and breaking the teeth, which caused excessive noise and loss of power, ultimately the transmission was replaced. The power steering was leaking, the brake and engine lights illuminated several times, the catalytic converter was replaced, the door locks had to be repaired, the battery was replaced and the sway bar link bushing were replaced as well. *jb updated 06/01/10.*jb updated 06/04/10.*jb updated 10/18/10*jb updated 10/29/10
I parked my car in a strip mall for dinner. When I tried to restart the car after dinner, it wouldn't crank, nor would it start. Called in aaa and by the time they showed up half an hour later, the car started fine. Two days later, when I was driving taking my daughter to school around 7:45am on a surface street, my car suddenly lost all power and the engine stalled. I had to quickly turn into a drive way to avoid other cars and the car stopped at the entrance. Again called aaa and a tow truck showed up 5 minutes and the drivers helped push and park my car, but was told to wait at least 45 minutes for the right tow truck. Tried to start my car every 5 minutes, and it finally started after 15 minutes. I was able to drive to a fletcher jones dealer and paid $600 to have a sensor replaced to fix the stalling problem. The service manager was familiar with the this problem and my friends who owned 98, 99 ml320 also experienced this stalling problem. I believe this is a safety issue (even the service manager at fletcher jones agreed with me on this). I thanked god that my daughter and I were not hurt in this incident, but an accident could have been easily happened. Since this problem has occurred in different ml320 model years, and it cost the driver a bundle to have it fixed, mercedes benz should issue a recall to fix this problem.
2001 mercedes-benz ml320 has a recall for power steering pump. Consumer states that the dealership repaired the hose and clamp but refused to replace the power steering pump. *nj the consumer stated the power steering pump had failed previously and ran completely dry and was making a lot of noise and there was a loss of power steering control. The consumer stated the failure of the hose and clamp caused damage to the power steering pump. The consumer was informed the recall only covered repairs to the hose and clamp and additional damage was not covered.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Mercedes Benz ML320 years have sudden loss of power problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (11 complaints), 1999 (8 complaints) and 2001 (6 complaints).
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