| Issue ID | 1447190 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11072994 |
| Manufacurer | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| Brand | MERCEDES BENZ |
| Model | ML350 |
| Model Year | 2014 |
| File date | 01/02/18 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | 1. It was on i-15 highway north bound around 9:44 am, 2/1/2018. 2. This vehicle suddenly lost power and applied brake by itself ! That resulted in drastically speed drop in a very short time. I tried to gas it and i can feel engine is still running, but speed was kept dropping. 3. I almost hit by the cars behind me during the time i tried to pull over to road side. 4. When i fully stopped on i-15 road side, engine is still responsive (rpm can go up), but the car can't move forward. I tried to release brake with transmission still in "d", it's funny that this vehicle started to move backward (it was a uphill section). 5. Finally, i turned off engine and restarted it, the car was restored in "normal" state. Just like nothing happened. How ironic it is ! 6. There are no warning/error lights on !!! 7. This car is already in dealer for 2 weeks and they still can't find the root cause. I strongly believe that there could be design flaws. This time me and those drivers behind me were just lucky, there was not a serious accident happened. Something need to be done before someone is killed by this issue. 8. I have dash cam video stored on google drive. Here is the link: https://drive. Google. Com/file/d/1v67t9eqw3n_i2dtw_l-g7c-exybwdkhf/view 9. Speed unit on video is kmh, instead of mph. Also, the time zoom of dash cam is not properly set. The time shown on this video is actually 16 hours ahead of the local time. But it is not a big deal here. 10. At 42 sec of this video, you can see the speed is suddenly dropped and can also hear tire squeezing sound (car applied brake by itself). 11. This car can't move forward by the engine at (1'52" ~ 1'55"), (2'34" ~ 2'37") and (2'54" ~ 2'57"). 12. With transmission is still in "d" and brake released, the car moved backward because it was on a uphill section (2'23" ~ 2'30"). |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 68 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | SAN DIEGO, CA |
| VIN pattern | 4JGDA5HB6EAXXXXXX |
| 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 | 72 |
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