Driving 25 mph around a curve when my car lost control, despite my best attempts my car would not allow me to take control or to break. My car went from 25 mph to 60 mph through a two lane traffic street, forcing me to swerve in and out of traffic merely missing six cars and a semi trailer truck, spinning my car around twice and facing the opposite direction of traffic.

- Frederick, MD, USA

Driving back from vacation last Saturday, on the Pennsylvania turnpike, our motor shut itself off. My husband was driving, using cruise control, going straight, with the "econ" button turned off. Luckily traffic was light and we were able to coast to a stop off the right side of the freeway without mishap. My husband turned the key off, waited about a minute, then started the engine again. The "check engine" light came on, but our motor stayed on, and we drove home without any more problems. I made an appointment with our M.B. dealer to have the car serviced on this coming Friday, Oct. 2nd., explaining what had occurred. The check engine light went out sometime on Monday, Sept. 28th. And hasn't come on again, but if the engine dies again at a more inopportune time it could cause serious, possibly fatal, consequences. I am very concerned. Before this failure our car's motor has run smoothly with no problems. Hopefully our dealer will be able to identify the cause when they check our onboard computer.

- Onley, VA, USA

Message dashboard indicator (mdi) read "inoperative. See operator's manual" with other malfunction lights including check engine light (cel). Turned car off an on and only the cel remained. Also, there was a recurring ticking noise that preceded aforementioned issues that I also reported. Dealership repaired loose pin in engine ECU (P045100) for the cel and replaced a high pressure fuel pump for the ticking noise. Ticking noise continued and vehicle returned to dealership where they determined the ticking noise was related to the dash/radio/ac control panel/dash trimming moving against each other but indicated that this was normal (3778 miles). The issue related to the mdi and cel occurred again on 01/25/2015. As with the initial occurrence, the cel remained on after restarting the vehicle. The vehicle seemed to stall while I was driving 65 mph on a major highway when driving a few hours later. Fortunately, I was able to exit the highway. I noticed that the car drove very sluggishly. For example, the car would hardly accelerate regardless of how far down I pressed the accelerator after attempting to continue from the red light. I recalled this happening with the first occurrence but then thought it was something I was doing incorrectly. The engine light remained on after restarting the vehicle and as I drove approximately 10 minutes to my final destination. The engine light did not come on when I started the car again at 10:40 am (4017 miles). Out of concern, and advice from family members given what happened when driving at a high speed, I took the car to a local auto store to see if they could determine any fault codes. A code of P2138 was returned.

- Atlanta, GA, USA