2007 Mercedes Benz GL450

MY MB GL450 2007 CARS HORN STARTED TO RANDOMLY GO OFF FOR NO REASON MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, ONCE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, SECOND TIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND SCARED OTHER MOTORIST TO PULL OVER. ONLY WAY I COULD MAKE IT STOP WAS TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR THE HORN STARTED AGAIN, TURNED OFF, TURNED ON DROVE TO REPAIR SHOP. REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THE SPRING FOR THE HORN HAD WARN OUT AND THE ELECTRONIC CONSOLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHOT. TOLD ME YOU CAN'T ORDER THE PART ANYMORE BECAUSE IT WAS DISCONTINUED, SO, WE HAVE TO ORDER A WHOLE NEW STEERING WHEEL FOR $1,200 PLUS $600 IN LABOR. *TR

HORN STARTS HONKING BY ITSELF. WILL SOUND FOR 30 SECONDS OR MORE AND THEN STOP. OTHERWISE THE HORN DOES NOT WORK.. HORN CONTINUES TO RANDOMLY SOUND WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AS IT STARTLES OTHER DRIVERS. TOOK TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BROKEN HORN SENSOR. HOWEVER TO FIX, THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL. TOTAL PRICE IS $1300 WITH LABOR. AT THIS PRICE IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE IT CAN BE FIXED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. A GOOGLE SEARCH TURNED UP SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS FORMS. AT THE $1,300 COST, THERE MUST BE SEVERAL MERCEDES GL 450 'S DRIVING AROUND WITH FAULTY HORNS. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SEAT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER HEATED SEAT BUTTON DEPRESSED ON THE DASH. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES HAD ELAPSED WHEN SEAT BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE SMOKE CONTINUED AS THE SEAT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE FRONT LEFT PANEL OF THE BACK PORTION OF THE SEAT. THE FIRE PROJECTED THROUGH THE SEAT, BURNING A HOLE THROUGH THE SEAT ABOUT TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. DRIVER'S SWEATER WAS SINGED BY THE FLAME. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO A 2007 MERCEDES GL450. I HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 14 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE WENT INTO THE SHOP. ON 2 OCCASIONS MY CAR SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN ON BUSY ROAD WAYS AND BOTH TIMES MERCEDES DID NOT WANT TO FIX THE CAR. MERCEDES CLAIMED A DRINK WAS SPILT IN THE CAR ON A COMPUTER SYSTEM UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. ON THE FIRST OCCASION LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND WITH IN 30 SECONDS THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROAD WAY. ALL OF THE DOORS WERE LOCKED UP WE FINALLY MANAGED TO CLIMB OUT THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAD 3 KIDS IN MY CAR AND THE THOUGHT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS CAR REALLY CONCERNS ME. ON THE SECOND OCCASION WHICH WAS APPROXIMATLY 2 WEEKS LATER THE CARS WINDOWS STARTED ROLLING UP AND DOWN AND SMOKING. THE CAR THEN SHUT DOWN ON US AND AT THIS POINT WAS SMOKING SO BAD MY KIDS WERE COUGHING. THE CAR THEN JUMPED OUT OF PARK. AGAIN THE CAR WAS TOWED IN THE NEXT DAY AND MERCEDES SAID WE SPILT A DRINK IN THE CAR THAT SHUT IT DOWN. MERCEDES REFUSED TO FIX THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE DONE MUCH RESEARCH AND HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY SPILT A DRINK AND THAT IS WHY IT SHUT DOWN. ONE MAN'S CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN A DRIVEWAY ANOTHER'S GL WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND BURNT HIS HOUSE DOWN KILLING HIS ANIMALS. THE LIST GOES ON AND MERCEDES WILL NOT RECALL THIS MODEL. *TR