Car Stall Problems of Mercedes Benz CLK350

Mercedes benz vehicles manufactured between 2004 & 2007 & equipped with mercedes' m272 have a faulty balance shaft which was not properly anealed, causing premature wear. The subject engines were manufactured with defective gears in their balance shafts. These defective gears wear out prematurely, excessively, and can cause damage to other expensive engine components without warning. Repair requires removal of the engine and was quoted at $7000-$8000 by the Mercedes Benz dealer. Most other import shops do not want to even attempt the repair due to the complexity and special tools required. A class action lawsuit was settled on this issue several years ago (we were never even notified) but only those who had the issue at the time could take advantage of the settlement's discounted repair costs (it was a terrible settlement!). We did not have the issue until a few months ago at around 77000 miles. This problem can cause the engine to misfire, stall or break down completely. Mercedes benz and its dealerships basically say, OH well, you got a lemon. We also cannot possibly pass the emission test without repairs that cost more than the bluebook value of the car - which has been dealer maintained and garaged since purchase. We believe this balance shaft manufacturing flaw presents a major safety issue and should be subject to a mandatory recall and repaired entirely at mercedes' expense.

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The contact owns a 2007 mercedes-benz Clk350. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The dealer diagnosed that the electronic control valve failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000.

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Driving down the road at a slow speed and the car just quits. Sometimes it will start itself back up and sometimes I have to pull off to the side of the road to turn ignition off and then on again. The car will just quit at highway speeds and after some quick thinking and realizing what just happened the only thing to do is drift to the berm of the road with no pwr steering or brakes. There are also times when I start the car it will quit and takes two to three more tries. Also had a severe raw gas coming from the car after a fill up. The gas fumes were so severe that we had to park the car outside for fear of an explosion in our garage. I took the car to the mb dealer in pittsburgh and they were able to repair the gas problem as the gaskets around the gas tank were dry-rotted and I paid approx $600. 00 for this repair which I feel that mb should have covered since at 66000 miles this should not happoen. As usual they could not duplicate the stalling issue. Mb know of this problem but will not do anything since it doesn't show up on there computer hook-ups. Something needs to be done before people get killed. I'm sure I'm not the only one this happens too.