2.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
59,054 miles

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problem #1

Nov 212006

ML320 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 59,054 miles
While driving, some tea spilled onto my shifter. Moments later while merging into high speed traffic, my car would not shift out of low gear. I had to swerve onto the side of the road to avoid being hit from behind. This minor spillage of herbal tea distorted my shifter resulting in $788.25 worth of damage. I want to petition NHTSA to investigate what I consider a serious design flaw in my 2000 Mercedes ML320. What if I had been driving on a highway and this happened?

- Silver Spring, MD, USA

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