Every time I fill up my gas tank. The light shows empty until after a few hours of driving. I have to top the at least once every 1-2 months as well.

- Branson, MO, USA

Power lost on steering wheel.

- London, 00, USA

11-03, 12-03 & 1-04 my car would stutter and stall and fail to accelerate over 10 mph. I took the car in for service each time, and finally 1-04 they realized that the problem was the mass air flow system was bad. It was repaired again 1-25-04 the same problem occurred the car stalled and stuttered this time I could not get out of the way of a speeding vehicle and was hit. This truck was in for service a total of 13 times in 2003. I have complained to mbusa about the safety of this vehicle and to the service dept but no help was available to resolve this ongoing and constant problem.

- Westchester, IL, USA

This is experienced by most of the ml drivers: While driving the car, the car just stops and here is what Mercedes said and what happens according to mb research: The gas inside some underground tanks dissolves the protective liner. The liner ends up as a gooey substance in our tanks. As long as the pump is running there is no problem. After shutting down, the substance hardens inside the pump and freezes it. Have someone hit the bottom of the tank with a big hammer while someone else is starting up at the same time and most likely you'll get the vehicle running again - then drive to the dealer as soon as possible to get the pump replaced. Frozen pumps sent for evaluation to stuttgart did work when they arrived there without the presence of gas the "glue" had hardened to a point that it got brittle and the pumps worked again.

- New Brunswick, NJ, USA