| Issue ID | 751336 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10295541 |
| Manufacurer | MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC. |
| Brand | MERCEDES BENZ |
| Model | ML350 |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 07/12/09 |
| Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | All of a sudden the car would not start. I was at 61k miles and warranty expired about 10k miles ago. Now i am experiencing this problem. An mb tech came and said the battery was not the problem but most likely a sensor issue and that this model has had many complaints of this and that it will happen again. Well it kept happening all this week until the 11th where it really went down hard in traffic, luckily this time my kids were not in the car. Normally the car would start immediately after or within 15 minutes this time an hour and would then die right after, start and die again within a minute. This is a freaking mercedes benz with reasonable mileage, this should not be happening and is very unsafe. I started to loose control of the car when it began to die and was thankful i was not on a freeway with my 3 kids. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 61000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | LOS ANGELES, CA |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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