Car Stall Problems of Mercedes Benz SLK

Mercedes Benz SLK owners have reported 1 problem related to car stall (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercedes Benz SLK based on all problems reported for the SLK.

1 Car Stall problem of the 2001 Mercedes Benz SLK

Failure Date: 06/20/2008

Car hesitates sometimes when taking off and accelerating if I don't release clutch properly. It's as if the computer takes over and prevents car from accelerating. I've stalled cars; this is different. The stall is not related to the shifting but to the acceleration. It's like the computer software takes over and stops the acceleration. Such is not need and actually makes less safe the condition. If I release the clutch a bit out-of-time I don't want my acceleration being changed. This has happened nine or more times. I am indicating a date below because it is required. It has not happened taking off onto a highway, but such is a concern. I don't like my control over the accelerator being manipulated by software or some computer program. I'm 54 years old and have driven automatics and manual transmissions for hundreds of thousands and maybe a million or more miles. Until this car, if I slipped a bit on the clutch my acceleration had never before in other cars been affected other than by my own foot to accelerator pedal. With this 2001 Slk 320, I can depress the pedal and it doesn't speed up, but bogs down. A mechanic told me it's the mercedes safety feature in the computer software. I find it a safety hazard, as it prevents my control of the car's acceleration and cause me concern as I am driving. I just wanted to report this, as the new stories blast Toyota I realized I'd check on recalls on the 2001 Slk 320 mb, but I found none related to this issue. Thank you.

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