Adaptive Cruise Control Problems of Mercedes Benz E350

While driving, the steering from left to right started to get choppy or hard. With the cruise control on, I ran off the road because of the fight between the rack and pinion(steering wheel) and the cruise control.

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My car has always had an issue with the extension of the steering column. On [xxx] I had the experience of my entire steering wheel locking up totally. Once I reached the repair center of Mercedes Benz I was informed that the anti theft system was no longer working. I was also informed there were several cars in the dealership with the identical same problem. . This was a very dangerous experience and has and will cost me a lot of money, as well as a safety issue as I was traveling from atlanta to TX, 4 hrs out managed to pull off the hwy and that's where my car was towed from, leaving me in the middle of no where for 10 hrs. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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While using the adaptive cruise system (distronic plus) on an open section of interstate highway the system will act as though it detects cars where there are none. Sometimes this will result in a slight slowing down of the car without the braking warning signal, but sometimes the braking warning signal will come on and is followed by aggressive braking for no apparent reason. This has happened several times where the system falsely detects the need to decelerate on its own when there is nothing in the road to cause it.

1. Backup camera will periodically display a blank screen when shifted into reverse. System has to be shutdown and restarted to get the camera to work again. Tends to happen on rainy days when camera most needed. No accident has occurred as a result to date. Date of last occurrence is an approximation. 2. Distronic plus system (adaptive cruise) will disengage unexpectedly when coming to a stop in traffic or if in stop and go traffic. The system beeps once and a red light flashes, but this is easily missed if radio is playing or driver is distracted. This has almost caused several roll forward rear-end collisions, prevented only by quick driver intervention. Neither issue has been addressed with the dealer since the vehicle is out of warranty.

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When I put gas in the car beyond one quarter of a tank, I get a very strong gas smell coming from the drivers side rear fender and tire area. . There is no visible gas leak on my garage floor. The car is stationary/parked in the garage.