Mercedes Benz CLK430 owners have reported 2 electronic stability control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common electronic stability control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's electronic stability control (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Electronic Stability Control problems |
Went to put my top up on mercedes cabriolet parked in my driveway. With the key on and the vehicle turned off, in park, parking brake on, pressed closure button. During closure headrests began to raise. Not a sudden pop up kind of raising, but a slow, steady raising, as if I had my hand on the button to raise them, yet I did not. It's on the dash, and I was the only one in the car, and had no items in the car either. For the record, while female, I grew up racing cars, have changed my own engine, turbo, transmission, shocks, springs, etc. These two seat and top processes are mutually exclusive so then neither would work. Clearly up they greatly impact visibility plus the top will not go up. Secondly to get the top over the headrests, according to the manual it's impossible, but said another way, it's a four person job. Given the limited visibility of the cabriolet top up anyway, adding the raised headrests, now it's a serious safety issue. The top blocks 2/5 of the visibility. The headrests up block 2/5 of the visibility. All that is left is the 1/5 between them - a very narrow range of view. At the dealership, they know exactly what it is. They say when they deploy falsely it's like airbags and they cannot just go back down and they replace a number of these. If this is supposed to deploy in the event of a rollover or accident, for this to deploy without hitting anything, yet to impact visibility with no way to return to normal visibility or protect yourself from the elements, surely this is a safety issue. This seems much akin to the airbags falsely deploying. The car was not turned on, not moving, had not hit anything, and had not been driven in a half hour. For the dealership to instantly recognize what it was, what part it needed, how the seats needed to come out to fix it, etc. Shows this is not an isolated safety incident and should make it a recall item.
I own a 2001 mercedes-benz Clk430. I have been experiencing intermittent sporadic failure of the abs, bas, esp systems when I apply the brake. On occasions the gas pedal sticks and the car speeds up to dangerous speed. The car has to be put in neutral and once stop and restart, it would run normal again, and the car shows "no malfunction". Recently on July of 2013, while I was driving on the freeway and the car sped up on it own and almost went out of control. When I apply the brake abs/bas/esp reported as failed, but the car did stop when I put in neutral and apply the brake. I took to mercedes-benz and they said they don't see any problem. I told them I want them to run the "computer diagnosis" and I want them to give me the report. Below are a few of the safety system failures that are on the report: etc - electronic transmission control code 120 the front right wheel speed of the traction system is sporadically implausible code 121 the front left wheel speed of the traction system is sporadically implausible me2-sfi - motor electronics 2. 8 code p20dd-001 b37 (accelerator pedal sensor) : signal 1 / short circuit to possitive / potentionmeter above maximum value (p0123) esp - electronic stability program code c1504-009 the system is switched off. Code c1100-001 l6/1 (left front speed sensor) code c1101-001 l6/2 (right front speed sensor) ezs - electronic ignition switch code b1156-005 the control unit has short circuit to ground or open circuit. Tele aid [USA] - telematic system code n1100 no signal is received from the right-side speed sensors. Code n1101 no signal is received from the left-side speed sensors. . Read more...