7.3

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
7,250 miles

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problem #2

Oct 082017

CLA250

  • 8,500 miles
Car cannot be driven when gas gage shows a little bit less than tank. The range on the car showed almost 90 miles to empty on highway driving and all of the sudden the engine started to lose power and engine light came on, pulled to the side of road limping along at 20 miles per hour with gas pedal all the way to the floor and then engine shut down by itself after 2 miles. After engine shut down all lights on the dash board lit up and needed to turn off car. Restarted the car and the car would not drive in reverse, manual paddle shifter would not work at all, and driving a few yards was impossible. Car shut down a few times and then low gas light came on (two miles before that the range on the dash board was showing almost 90 miles to drive until empty) after this happened, I got towed and put some premium gas. Started the car (after about one hour of the first incident), the engine light was still on and started driving at slow speed to make it home. After a few hours/overnight started the car normal in the morning (no sign of losing power) and engine light turn off. Need to mention that car had fuel tank and other emission components replaced under warranty three months ago for a similar but not identical issue. Problem appeared to happen when tank is either almost full or almost empty and driving long distance on the highway.

- Liberty Lake, WA, USA

problem #1

May 282017

CLA250

  • 6,000 miles
Car cannot be filled with gas more than 7/8 of the tank. When filled full, the engine sputters and car start to stall/shake violently, engine loses power and engine light comes on and then engine shuts down by itself. After engine shuts down all lights on the dash board lit up and need to turn off car. This happens on both city road and highway driving soon after filling the tank. Almost caused an accident on the highway as I could pull fast enough onto the shoulder and get out of the way from other cars behind me on the highway driving at 60 miles/hour. After this happens, I had three options. Get a tow track and pull the car of the streets, drive the car on the highway at speeds no more than 25-35 miles/hour using the manual paddle shifters, or wait at least one hour on the side of the road after this happens and then drive the car with the engine light on. This happened twice and since than I am not putting gas more than 7/8 of the tank.

- Liberty Lake, WA, USA