2007 MERCEDES BENZ ML350 Power Train Problems

The transmission fails to shift into second gear. Gets stuck in limp mode. Won’t accelerate more than 30 miles per hour.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE MOVING IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL; THE ENGINE IS DISENGAGED AND REVS FREELY. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE BACK INTO DRIVE UNTIL THE IGNITION IS COMPLETELY TURNED OFF, WHICH LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL, SO THE DRIVER MUST EXIT THE TRAFFIC LANES WITH NO POWER BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAN BE RESTARTED. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSE A COLLISION AS THE DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OF THE CAR BUT MUST EXIT HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC LANES, OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY.

CONDUCTOR PLATE TRANSMISSION ISSUE

SERPENTINE BELT SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD AT THE HIGHWAY SPEED, ONE OF THE IDLER PULLEYS LOCKED UP DUE TO THE FAILED BEARING, LEADING TO DAMAGING/BRAKING SERPENTINE BELT. THAT LED TO LOSS OF STEERING (LOSS OF POWER STEERING) AND OVERHEATING THE ENGINE. CREATED A VERY DANGER SITUATION AND LEFT MY FAMILY STRANDED MANY MILES AWAY FROM HOME. VERY COSTLY TOWING SERVICE AND REPAIR.

SAFETY ISSUES BEING OBSERVED ON ML 350 2007 OBSERVATIONS (MY WIFE & I HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED): AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION , EXPERIENCING LIMP MODE CREATING A SAFETY ISSUES WHICH CANNOT BE FORESEEN, CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT AND UNPREDICTABLE, IT WILL BE DRIVING FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL START LOSING POWER IN TRAFFIC & DRAG DOWN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WILL START SHIFTING BY ITSELF FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER & THE SPEED OF THE CARS STARTS TO CRAWL, LIKE "LIMP MODE" THE IDLE SPEED STARTS TO REV UP, CAR IS NOT INCREASING THE SPEED AS ONE WOULD EXPECT ONCE NORMALLY WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. ONE HAS TO PULL OVER IF THEY CAN OR STUCK IN THE STREET ONE IS DRIVING WHICH I EXPERIENCED AND TRIED TO PULL OVER & HAD ISSUES. I BASICALLY HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF...

WE ARE HAVING SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH OUR MERCEDES BENZ ML350, 2007. THE SAFETY HAZARD CONCERNS US DEEPLY. BASED UPON OUR RESEARCH, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. OTHERS ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. IT WILL BE DRIVING FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WILL LOSE ALL POWER IN THE TRAFFIC WHERE YOU ARE TOTALLY HELPLESS AND UNABLE TO PULL OVER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. EXAMPLE: WHEN YOU ARE CROSSING A HIGHWAY; YOU THINK THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE NORMAL. BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DRAGS. THEREFORE, YOU WILL HAVE TO CRAWL. EACH TIME WE HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS THAT THE VEHICLE RESETS ITSELF WHEN THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. THEN THE VEHICLE PROCEEDS AS NORMAL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE:...

STARTED MY 2007 MERCEDES BENZ ML 350 WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES DRIVEN AND PULLED ONTO MAJOR STREET IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR - COULD NOT GET IT TO GO OVER 20 MPH. CARS WHIZZING BY ME. SURPRISED I DIDN'T GET HIT. TOOK THE CAR TO MERCEDES DEALER. FIRST PROBLEM ON ESTIMATE IS: "REPLACE TRANSMISSION ELECTRICAL PLATE (FAULTY TRANSMISSION ELECTRICAL PLATE)". MB ADMITS 722.9 TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. HOWEVER, THEY WILL ONLY ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR VEHICLES IN WARRANTY. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY # OF YEARS, NOT MILEAGE. A CAR SHOULD NOT NEED TRANSMISSION WORK AT 46,000 MILES. WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH AND THIS IS A PROBLEM OF MANY CARS WITH 722.9 TRANSMISSION. MY COST TO FIX WILL BE $1100 FOR THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRICAL PLATE. IN ADDITION, RECEIVED A CALL AFTER 3 DAYS IN SHOP THAT THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO REPLACE THE TORQUE...

PER AN E-MAIL SENT TO DAIMLER AG-MERCEDES, I HAVE A 2007 ML350 WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES WHICH IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS THE CAR IS NOT SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. THE FACTS ARE: THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES, REPORTS, & COMPLAINTS TO MERCEDES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT IS NOT SAFE & THE MERCEDES CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR REPAIR.IT SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING AT ALL ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE SARASOTA, FL MERCEDES DEALER. COST IS $1,700 WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED & CORRECTED BY MERCEDES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2 MERCEDES & HAVE HAD MERCEDES FOR 20 YEARS THIS IS AN UNSAFE SITUATION; IT HAS OCCURRED WITH OTHER CARS; AND MERCEDES HAS RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS. THIS IS NOT A REPAIR ISSUE; IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE SPEED SENSOR THAT MERCEDES IS REPAIRING IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION DUE TO THE FACT...

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY ON: CODE 0060 = CONTINUOUS CAMSHAFT ADJUSTMENT ( RIGHT ) : INCORRECT POSITION OF THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT ( P000B ). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO RESET THE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,163. UPDATED 11/26/12 *CN UPDATED 11/30/2012 *JS

MY ML350 HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT A MERCEDES BENZ DEALER AWAITING THE PART FOR OVER A MONTH. THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO THE NUMBER OF DEFECTIVE VALVE BODIES. THE PROBLEM IS GLOBAL. PLEASE READ THE LINK. HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/M-CLASS-W164/427254-2007-ML350-BEING-HELD-HOSTAGE-MB-CORPORATE.HTML#POST4964336. *TR

AS I WAS ATTEMPTING A SHARP LEFT TURN THE CAR SHIFTED FROM D TO D1. TO RECOVER I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN N THEN BACK TO D, WHILE MOVING. I CONTINUE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED 3-5 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JUNE 2011 WITH 43,616 MILES. *TT

MINOR ACCIDENT IN LA, CAR TAKEN TO M-B OF CALABASAS THEY RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION SERVICE. 12 DAYS LATER, CAR WAS PARKED, PUT IN PARK, ENGINE TURNED OFF, OWNER/PASSENGER IN CAR, DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE. CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, HIT A SOFT SPOT IN GRAVEL, ROLLED OVER TWICE DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT, STOPPED AGAINST A TREE. PASSENGER NOTICED CAR WAS IN PARK, UNBUCKLED HER SEAT BELT TO ENGAGE EMERGENCY BRAKE, TOO LATE. RIGHT HAND, SHOULDER AND BACK INJURED. CAR TOWED TO M-B OF WILSONVILLE. THEY SAID IT WAS TOTALED. REGIONAL MANAGER SAW CAR. NO RESPONSE AFTER REPEATED CALLS. NO ACTION TAKEN ON CAR. CALLED CORPORATE: 800-367-6372. VERY GRACIOUS. INVESTIGATED STATUS, REPORTED THAT REGIONAL MANAGER ADMITTED THAT HE HAD DROPPED THE BALL. RECEIVED LETTER (06/02/11) FROM M-B STATING "THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FAULTS OR DEFECTS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE DESCRIBED EVENTS." SINCE THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION WAS NOT...