2000 Mercedes Benz CLK320

BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. BOTH LANES CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART OR ALLOW ME TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE. THIS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS WHERE THE CAR COMPLETELY DIES AS YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU HAVE TO TRY AND GET THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED AS I AM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC WHICH IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. THE MERCEDES DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE IN THEIR SHOP AND THERE ARE NO FAULT CODES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROBLEM. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND THIS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM EITHER. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND AT A LOSS WITH THIS SITUATION. *JB

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.