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2012 Mercedes benz CLS550 Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1492622
Internal NHTSA #	11122317
Manufacurer	Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
Brand	MERCEDES BENZ
Model	CLS550
Model Year	2012
File date	18/08/18
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Driving on the highway with my 6month old baby and suddenly my car surges and loses power. The check engine light flashes and i move to the side of the road with almost no acceleration. Turn off the engine, wait a while then turn it back on and head back home. The cel stayed on but i still had engine power so i thought it was a fluke. This car just has 60k miles on it and i take it to mercedes for all the routine checks. So this behaviour was out of nowhere. I drove it to mercedes and got a diagnostic done and i was told the camshaft position sensor had leaked oil into my engine harness and now i need to fix a laundry list of things amounting to $6000. This came out of nowhere and i questioned euromotorcars in germantown md how this could happen. How can a mercedes that cost so much and goes through regular maintainable just break so significantly. All i got was a
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	61000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GERMANTOWN, MD
VIN pattern	WDDLJ9BB8CAXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	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	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Mercedes benz CLS550 Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Mercedes benz CLS550 Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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