Three problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2003 Mercedes Benz ML320. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My wife drove the vehicle to work one day and when she was pulling out of the parking lot onto a busy street, the yellow triangle with exclamation point started to flash and engaged the brakes. My wife quickly pull over to the side of the street and made her way back into the parking lot while the brakes where engaging. My wife was unable to drive the vehicle home from work. We let the vehicle sit for several minutes and I was able to get the vehicle moving but the brakes were engaging again. I was able to get the vehicle back home. I have taking the vehicle to several shops and all the shops are saying that there is an issue with the traction control system. When driving the vehicle from one of the shops, as soon as I pulled out of the shop's parking lot the brakes engaged and the yellow triangle with exclamation was flashing. It did this for about 15 seconds caused the approaching vehicle from the rear to slam on their brakes to avoid rear ending me. The vehicle has become unsafe to drive because we just don't know if when it does this. It happens randomly usually after the vehicle as been sitting off for a several hours.
Bas light turns on while driving on the freeway and the car shuts off on freeway while driving. The gas pedal didn't work so I pulled over. I feel like its a dangerous to drive and putting other driver in danger so I stopped driving it. There was a recall for 2000-2002 Ml320 but my car is 2003 and its doing the same issues that the 2000-2002 Ml320.
The contact owns a 2003 Mercedes Benz Ml320. While driving approximately 40 mph, the brakes were engaged numerous times before there was a reduction in the speed. The contact smelled an unusual odor inside of the vehicle. In addition, on separate occasions a burning odor of brakes emitted throughout the vehicle while driving. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who was unable to detect a problem. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
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