Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Mercedes Benz ML500

Mercedes Benz ML500 owners have reported 3 problems related to vehicle speed control (under the vehicle speed control category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem of the 2006 Mercedes Benz ML500

Failure Date: 01/05/2018

Driving on public roads and without notice the vehicle will go into limp mode and will not shift gears, can only go 15-20 mph or the rpms will rev to 4-5k. Very dangerous.

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2 Vehicle Speed Control problem of the 2006 Mercedes Benz ML500

Failure Date: 11/23/2012

My wife has had 4 incidents where the SUV has felt like is wants to accelerate while stopping. The most recent incident was 23 November, where as she was coming to a stop, the car downshifted and it felt like she had been hit in the rear. The car is going into the mb dealer, park place Mercedes Benz, fort worth 817-263-3600, 27 November for investigation.

3 Vehicle Speed Control problem of the 2006 Mercedes Benz ML500

Failure Date: 04/01/2011

Vehicle will not accelerate after a stop at a light or after taking a highway from a ramp, the engine will rev up but the vehicle will not change gears, after a pull over to the shoulder of the road shutting off the engine and restarting it will run normal. This happened for about 20-30 times until yesterday I get out of work pulled out of the parking lot noticed the vehicle was in limp mode stuck in 2nd and will not change gears. I did some research and found out that the cause was from the valve body of the transmission or the conductor plate and only the dealer is aloud to repair it ???. And will cost around $2500 . I read that lots of people are having problem with this 722. 9 7 speed transmission and mbusa is not issuing a recall. Nhtsa should look into this and force mbusa to recall all defective vehicles and replace the valve body at no cost because its a safety issue.


Other Common Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Mercedes Benz ML500

Problem Category Number of Problems
Vehicle Speed Control problems
3
Cruise Control problems
1
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
1
Accelerator Stuck problems
1


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