general problems of the 2001 Mercedes Benz ML320

Air bag off, pedal control sistem is in recall from March 31 2011, smoke pass belong to Nissan mendoza auto group sold this car in CA car in recall don't pass smoke, they said yes. . . Pass, please investigation.

The front brake system on Mercedes Benz Ml320 locks up while driving.

While driving wheel will lock up release and lock up again. The bas/esp light came on.

Tl the contact owns a 2001 mercedes-benz Ml320. The contact stated that while driving at about 40 mph, the accelerator pedal felt like the break pedal was depressed. The �bas esp" (brake assist system and electronic stability program) light illuminated. The dealer was not contacted and the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer assistance. The failure mileage was unknown.

On more than one occasion, my 2001 merc benz Ml320 came to a complete stop and dramatically pulled to the right while I was driving at various speeds. The first time happened as I was making a right turn from a stand still. The second time happened as I was traveling at approximately 35-40 mph. Finally, the last two times occurred while I was on the highway traveling at approximately 65-70 mph. In all instances, the front brakes absolutely locked and my vehicle came to an approximately complete stop while pulling the steering to the right. Each event was a very frightening episode. Although I kept trying to accelerate, the brakes would not allow it. I had just enough momentum so that I could veer to the safety of the safety lane. The events all happened within a two (2) week period. . . Far, far too frequent for comfort. In all occasions, I was fortunate to not get rammed by the vehicles traveling behind me. Now that I have done a little research I am really disappointed that mercedes seems to be aware of the issue but has not taken this issue more seriously as it seems to not have been an isolated issue but rather one that has been consistent among fellow ml 320 vehicle owners. Lastly, I've only owned this truck for a two week period, and it has terrified me in this short time.

While driving at 40 mph unintended brake application causing loss of control. This has happened numerous times under different speeds and condition. It has happened on curves and straight road conditions. This has been happening since may 2016 at least 15 to 20 times.

During braking the bas/esp will come on causing no acceleration with the vehicle. This has happened 7 times in the last 3 days. Almost resulting in 2 accidents. Only tuning off and the the vehicle will temporally fix the issue.

While driving at 50 mhp vehicle lights started flashing (warning for esp and abs) and the vehicle slowed dramatically and pulled to the right. . . I got to the side of the road and assumed I had a blow out. . . But all tires were fine and no issues. . . Turned off vehicle and drove about 13 miles then turned vehicle off for 10 -15 minutes came out and got in vehicle. . . When I started to go. . . Orange triangle was still on and if I even touched brakes they all locked up and would even squeel when even touching brake petal. It was 79 degrees, dry on a highway that was a smooth road, in traffic and was almost hit.

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 mercedes-benz Ml320. While driving at approximately 35 mph, the brake seized and abs and esb warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000. Ng.

While driving today at approx 20-25 mph brakes suddenly applied on their own and my vehicle swerved and came to a halt. Waited several minutes and restarted the vehicle. Drove on the 101 and 405 freeways without further incident. Drove later on the same day, and the same thing happened again. This is extremely dangerous. What if I had been driving on the freeway? I refuse to drive this vehicle again. Is there a recall on this? I have seen a lot of similar incidents online.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 Mercedes Benz Ml320. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 mph, the brakes seized without warning causing to vehicle to come to an abrupt stop. The contact was able to avoid an accident. The contact mention that twenty minutes had passed from the time of the failure before resuming use of the vehicle. 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. Jo.

The contact owns a 2001 Mercedes Benz Ml320. While driving at approximately 25 mph, the brakes seized and the esb warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,557.

This is a sequel report to my odi 10664733 of 12/16/2014. Two incidents are identical. The earlier incident happened at odometer reading 118,714; this second incident happened at 118,832, 118 miles later. I was on I-280 southbound approx. 53 miles south of sf. Around 1pm, a sudden extraordinarily forceful braking – the mercedes owner’s manual calls this maximum braking capability power boost which exceeds driver’s manual braking style – the “brake assist system bas” happened again without driver’s command. I was going steady at 65 mph, absolutely no braking. The traffic was light and the road was dry. The car swerved slightly with a large braking noise and came down to near holt. I could steer the car to the right side emergency area by traveling perhaps 15 feet while the bas was firmly in force. This is counter to the NHTSA action pe07007 reference attributed to mercedes as the esp electrical faults duration being 0. 3 seconds or less. My experience indicates this is incorrect. It lasted as long as I was trying to move the car. When the bas activated, the esp alarm signal and the bas/esp light came on. Turned off the engine for a few minutes and restarted. The bas/eps light came back on but the car behaved normally otherwise. Drove back to sf without further incidence. Were the traffic heavy and the road were wet and slippery, my mercedes Ml320 would have been rear-ended at highway speeds and would have lost control on the wet road. I firmly believe that this is a serious safety issue mercedes must address with the definitive solution. I am willing to avail my vehicle for field testing. Pe07007 cites “the low complaint rate” through 2007 led to closing odi investigation. A quick website research indicates there are a considerable number of bas incidents posted since 2007 on various private forums and blogs but these drivers may not have reported to NHTSA.

I was on calif hwy1 northbound approx 20 miles south of sf, doing 45mph, around 1:00pm. All of a sudden, brakes were activated in a fierce force, which brought the vehicle to a complete stop within a second or two traveling two to three feet. I felt all the four wheels were locked firm. I did not even touch the brakes. My car swerved slightly but did not lose control. The road was dry. There was no traffic and no vehicle behind me or to my sides. As I steered the car to the shoulder area of the highway, I noticed the esp/bas lamp was on. I turned off the engine and restarted a minute later. The esp/bas lamp came back on. I was lucky that the traffic was light and the road was dry. Drove back home without another incidence.

Same story as I've seen thousands of times on the internet and you claim not enough occurrences! I'm on the interstate, going 70 mph. Weather is good, traffic is light (thank god!) and my breaks slam on. The abs system kicks in, so I'm able to get over to the shoulder before being rear ended. The triangle warning lamp is lit and the bas / esp lamp is lit. I try turning the car off and back on, lights go out, I move forward, get up to about 20 mph and the breaks slam on again. I shut the car off for about 15 minutes while I got out and was investigating the tires and breaks. Get back in, start the vehicle and drive another 45 minutes. Get into town, driving about 25 mph and they slam on again. I'm able to limp home with the abs going on and off. I park it for the night. Next day I do some research and see there are thousands of similar complaints. Follow one of the suggestions and disconnect my battery. Fixed the issue for about 4 months before it happened again. This time I was in the passing lane going around an 18 wheeler with traffic behind me. Me and my 8 year old was almost killed along with other drivers. This is a life threatening issue that you can't ignore. It has happened 4 or 5 times in the two years I've owned the vehicle.

Right side brake locking up when I'm driving and make the car slow down real fast . I almost got hit from behind . I have to travel on the right side of hwy so when it locks up I can try to get off road. I never know when it will lock up. Its scary.

My dad was driving the car and we had just come to a stop at an intersection. When the light turned green, he accelerated and just as we crossed the intersection, the brakes locked up. I thought my dad had slammed on the brakes, but he had his foot on the gas pedal. It was as if the car had a mind of its own and started to brake on its own volition---even though we didn't want it to. There was a loud screeching sound and a few seconds later you can smell the stench of burning rubber. Thankfully, the car behind us was not tailgating or that person would have run straight into us! my father then let go of the gas pedal and stepped on the brake to decelerate until the car came to a complete stop. We then saw that two indicators were lit on the dashboard: a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark and a yellow square with the letters bas/esp in it. He then shifted to "park" and turned off the ignition. We waited for about five seconds before starting up the car again. Both of the indicators (yellow triangle and the bas/esp square) were no longer lit and my father slowly accelerated the car (about 10-15 mph). The brakes did not lock up and we cautiously drove home. We'll be taking this car to the mechanic today and hopefully we can find the root of this problem. Nonetheless, I feel the need to file this complaint because I sincerely do not believe that a car can brake on its own while someone is driving it. I would be more understanding if this was google's autonomous car, but unfortunately this is not the case. There is something inherently and flagrantly wrong with a car that can brake without the driver telling it to.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 mercedes Ml320. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the esp and bas warning light illuminated and then the abs and the traction light illuminated. The contact mentioned that the brakes engaged independently. The failure recurred numerous times. The contact stated he believed it is a faulty yaw rate sensor. The dealer was notified and a diagnosis was pending. The manufacturer was notified and an investigation was pending. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 114,970 and the current mileage was 115,000. Pmb.

The contact owns a 2001 Mercedes Benz Ml320. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the brakes unexpectedly engaged. The contact was able to successfully coast to a stop, when he smelled a burning odor. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, but they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure had since recurred once more. The vehicle was not taken back to be examined. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Make-mercedes-benz year 2001 SUV Ml320 it brakes by it self while in motion: it has happened twice I took it to a local dealer he claimed that the brake control device had malfunctioned he put a new one and after driving for a week it again braked it self while I was driving very dangerous I was like I was driving very slowly coming out of the parking lot. Can you please let me know whether there has been any of this kind of report on this car?.

The contact owns a 2001 mercedes-benz Ml320. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, the brakes suddenly locked, the vehicle began vibrating and the esp/das light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who repaired the yaw sensor; however, the failure continued to occur. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage was approximately 114,000. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Mercedes Benz Ml320. While driving 30 mph the brakes activated without intention, and then the vehicle began shaking. He then heard metal grinding from under the vehicle. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 65000.

Safety system failure, including braking assist, seat belts, air bags and tel-aide due to computer chip failure. Caused two accidents after which customer paid to have vehicle reviewed bumper to bumper and the failing chip was replaced. During this time, the dash warning lights did not illuminate to warn of the failure which the vehicle computer documented 15 times in a six-month period (between the two accidents). Approximately eight months later, the warning light on the dash illuminated again. Do not know how many times system had failed since it was 'fixed. ' traded in vehicle for safety purposes.

The defect stated in recall 03 v 121 000 for the power steering hose clamp happened while the consumer was waiting to be notified. The consumer experienced the following: the entire instrument cluster lit up and flashed and beeped, lost the speedometer, tachometer, gas/gas temperature gauge, and the vehicle had gone into second gear and did come out for some time(discovered it was in limp-home mode). The service dealer advised the consumer that the problem was the gear selector. The instrument cluster lights had gone off, except for the bas/brake assist system light, the gauges, speedometer, and tachometer had resumed. There was an incident where half of instrument cluster display on the left lit up, although the vehicle continued to run. The service dealer thought the problem may have been the battery. During a rainstorm, the entire instrument panel lit up, the tachometer, speedometer, and the gas gauge stopped and the instrument panel kept beeping intermittently but did not go into limp mode. There was a crack in one of the d-pillars, and the rear hatch lock did not work. The ignition lock seemed loose since the gear shift assembly had been replaced, the windshield washer reservoir leaked. The bas/esp control module had been changed, but the problem persisted. The consumer was told the vehicle needed a new battery. The brake pad wear light displayed, the power steering had failed again. The consumer was advised the vehicle needed front and rear brakes then was told that it was a clamp problem. Also the driver's window switch hesitated. The safety recall notice that related to the failure of the hose clamp for the power steering fluid which apparently caused the complete loss of power steering in the vehicle as well as damage to the hydraulic fluid pump which resulted in repairs performed on the vehicle. The consumer requested full reimbursement for the charges related to the repairs. Recall# 03v121000.

2001 mercedes Ml320 brakes would activate themselves at all speeds. Esp/bas light would come on and triangle warning light would illuminate. This happened several times at 70+ mph locking both back wheels almost causing the vehicle to go out of control.