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2005 Mercedes benz SLK350 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	947925
Internal NHTSA #	10482114
Manufacurer	Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
Brand	MERCEDES BENZ
Model	SLK350
Model Year	2005
File date	04/09/12
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	First incident i was driving down a mountain (malibu canyon road) around 10:30pm and the automatic transmission went out of gear by itself and i had no forward control. The engine revved but the transmission was not engaged. I was going downhill but it took me awhile to find a place to pull off the road. There was no cellphone service in that location so i waited for a few minutes to flag someone down. No one came by so i restarted my car and was able to get it back into gear. The second incident my wife and i were driving on the 101 freeway at approximately 65mph and the transmission disengaged from drive and went into neutral without any warning. We nearly got rear ended and by luck were able to coast to an off ramp. Upon reaching the bottom of the off ramp, i turned off the engine and waited a minute and upon restarting the engine i was able to reengage it in drive. The third time before i decided to bring it to the mercedes dealer, i was driving in traffic on thousand oaks blvd. And experienced the same problem. I had to pull over into the right lane, curb the car and shut off the motor. After a few minutes i restarted the car and was able to but it back into gear. All of these incidents took place within a 1 1/2 month period and i cannot trust the car to be safe any longer with this condition.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	45000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA
VIN pattern	WDBWK56F15FXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	50
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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.
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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.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Mercedes benz SLK350 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Mercedes benz SLK350 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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