Transmission Not Engage Problems of Mercedes Benz ML350

Pulling out into lane of traffic accelerating where car abruptly starts to run very very rough. Check engine lights come on and can become unsafe with no power and oncoming traffic approaching. Similarly while driving over 60mph same scenario causing cel to come on and car to disengage cruise and slow extremely fast. Very rough running and idle. Terrible feeling of being unsafe and at risk. Finding p0016 and p0017 codes and all symptoms of balance shaft issue that the mb m272 is known for. My wife and I are afraid to drive this vehicle now knowing it had a known defective engine component in a software balance shaft gear.

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On several occasions, while moving in traffic, the vehicle will jump from drive to neutral; the engine is disengaged and revs freely. The vehicle will not engage back into drive until the ignition is completely turned off, which locks the steering wheel, so the driver must exit the traffic lanes with no power before the vehicle can be restarted. This has almost cause a collision as the driver has no control of the car but must exit high speed traffic lanes, or come to a complete stop in the middle of a freeway.

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Transmission disengages at highway speeds.

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