2000 Mercedes Benz CLK320

THE SFLOOR SHIFTER AND LINKAGE JUST WENT OUT RANDOMLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE COMPLACENT AND NON-REPAIRABLE WITHOUT ANY FAULT OR DAMAGE BY ME OR PREVIOUS OWNER THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS BEEN UNSERVICEABLE AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGINAL DISCONTINUED PART AND I BELIEVE ALL 2000 CLK 320 BENZ CABRIOLET MODELS HAVE THE SAME DEFECT WITHIN THE LINKAGE AND SHIFTER WHICH IS IT BECOMES STUCK AND GEARS LOCK CAUSING INABILITY TO GO INTO GEAR AND SAFELY MANUVER THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS MADE TO BE MANUVERED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE BENZ SERVICE CENTER AND STILL WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED BASICALLY THE SOLENOID GOES OUT WITH THE SHIFTER THEN THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE OR STARTABLE WHILE THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION A COMPONENT IS CAUSING MAJOR LOSSES AND SAFETY HAZARDS. GEAR SLIPPING AND MISFIRES AS WELL TO THE ECM UNIT. AS WELL AS SENSOR ISSUES CAUSING EMISSIONS FAILURES AND FALSE READS.

AT ABOUT 2PM ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT, DRIVER LEFT STORE PARKING LOT AND HAD STOPPED CAR, WAITING FOR AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO TURN RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE OF A THREE LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY. CAR ACCELLERATED OUT OF DRIVER'S CONTROL ACROSS THE THREE LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, IN FRONT OF AND AMID APPROACHING TRAFFIC, AND THEN ONTO A GRASSY MEDIAN STRIP WITH A RAVINE IN THE CENTER. CAR ENTERED MEDIAN STRIP ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE POINT WHERE THE CAR HAD BEEN STOPPED AND WAITING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. *AK AS THE CAR WAS CROSSING THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE DESPITE ALL POSSIBLE PHYSICAL FORCE PUT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AS THE CAR ACCELLERATED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, THE POLICE REPORT DETAILS A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR. AFTER CAR ENTERED THE MEDIAN STRIP, DRIVER TRIED TO KEEP CAR IN THE MEDIAN STRIP AND WAS MOSTLY ABLE TO DO SO. CAR PROCEEDED ABOUT 80 FEET ALONG THE MEDIAN STRIP, AGAIN WITH FULL FORCE ON THE BRAKE AND BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER THIS, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PUSH GEAR SHAFT TO THE PARK POSITION AND TAKE OUT KEYS. SAFETY SIDE AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. WEATHER WAS FINE AND THERE WERE NO VISABILITY ISSUES. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT AND GLASSES.