2006 MERCEDES-BENZ R350

I AGREE THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE REAR SUSPENSION DEFECT ON THE 2006 R-CLASS MERCEDES. I ALSO OWN A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ R350. THIS VEHICLE KEPT LEANING TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION ON THE VEHICLE WAS UNEVEN. THE RED LIGHT ASKED ME TO STOP?CAR TOO LOW. I STOPPED AND IT PUMPED UP AGAIN. DROVE A COUPLE OF MILES AND IT DID SAME THING. TOOK TO MB DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS THE SUSPENSION THIS PASSENGER??S SIDE ISSUE OF THE VEHICLE BEING NOTABLY HIGHER THAN THE DRIVER??S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. LEANING TO ONE SIDE HAS OCCURRED TWICE. THE REAR AIR SPRING SUSPENSION HAS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT TWO TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS (7/1/2013 & 11/28/2013): - BOTH SIDES IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE HAVE BEEN REPLACED. - EACH REAR SUSPENSION REPAIR HAS COST ME $1200.00 EACH TIME (TOTALING $2400 FOR REAR AIR SUSPENSION REPLACEMENT). - BOTH REPAIRS OCCURRED BY AN AUTHORIZED MERCEDES DEALER (SMYTH EUROPEAN MERCEDES DEALER IN SANTA CLARA CA). THE MERCEDES BENZ MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT HAVE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ R350. THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION ON THE VEHICLE WAS UNEVEN. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS HIGHER THAN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

ENGINE BALANCE SHAFT WEARS EXCESSIVELY TO THE POINT WHERE SOME TEETH ARE ALMOST GONE. CAUSES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND EXCESSIVE KNOCKING AS AFFECTS IGNITION TIMING. REPAIR IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AS IT REQUIRES TAKING THE ENGINE OUT. IF LEFT UNFIXED IT MAY STALL THE ENGINE DURING DRIVING AND BE A SAFETY HAZARD. RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE ONLINE SHOWS POTENTIALLY THIS ISSUE AFFECTING A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES USING THE SAME ENGINE. *TR

THE CAR RISES UP ON ONE SIDE WHEN PUT THRUST HE COMPUTER NO ERROR CODE COMES UP . AFTER A DAY OR SO SITTING IN THE GARAGE GETS BACK TO NORMAL. GOT IT CHECKED BY MECHANIC NO LEAKS . THEN HAPPENED AGAIN THEY RESET THE COMPUTER CHARGED ME . HAPPENED ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME THEY CHANGED THE COMPUTER AND THE CAR SHOWED AIRBAG LEAKING. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY . LOOKED UP ON LINE MOSTLY EVERYONE WHO OWNS THIS CAR HAS THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS LOT OF ISSUES. IT STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD ON HIGH WAY I WAS LUCKILY SAVED BUT THEY SAID A SHAFT RING BROKE IN THE ENGINE I HAD TO PAY $2000.00 DOLLARS . MERCEDES SHOULD RECALL R 350 FOR SUSPENSION LEAKS. *TR

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO LIMP MODE AFTER SLOWING DOWN ON TO NEAR ZERO ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE RESULT IS THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN INTO LOWER GEAR AND THUS WILL NOT ACCELERATE. CAR MUST BE TURNED OFF AND RE-STARTED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CAR OPERATE OR ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. NEEDLESS TO SAY, STOPPING AND RE-STARTING A CAR ON THE INTERSTATE IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE... PARTICULARLY WHEN TRAPPED IN THE FAST LANE WITH NO WAY TO CROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER (BECAUSE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND CANNOT MERGE INTO 70 MPH TRAFFIC TO CROSS). AS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT MERCEDES HAS ON SEVERAL PLATFORMS THAT SHARE THE 7-G TRONIC TRANSMISSION, I WOULD THINK THAT MERCEDES MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AS THERE IS NO WARNING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AND WHEN IT DOES IT CAN EASILY PRESENT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A QUICK SEARCH OF 722.9 TRANSMISSION WILL SHOW HOW COMMON-PLACE THE ISSUE IS. *TR

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR BEGAN TO IDLE REALLY HIGH WHEN PARKED OR AT A STOP IN OCTOBER. I WENT TO TWO MERCEDES DEALERS TO CHECK ON THE ISSUE. THE SECOND MERCEDES DEALER/SERVICE CENTER VALIDATED THE FIRST, EXPLAINING IT WAS THE ENGINE BALANCE CRANKSHAFT THAT WAS LOOSE IN THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD COST $6000 TO FIX. I BEGAN TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANY RECALLS OR ISSUES LIKE MINE HAVE OCCURRED WITH OTHERS AND I FOUND I WAS NOT ALONE AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAD BEEN FILED. *TR