The contact owns a 2008 Mercedes Benz ML350. While driving at 30 mph, the instrument panel started blinking. The contact stated that the tailgate system made an abnormal noise and seized. The contact mentioned that the radio and air conditioning system also failed. In addition, the contact stated that upon removing the spare tire, there was water in the spare tire compartment as well in the passenger side tail light and on the tail gate modem. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that water was entering from the seal around the rear tail lamp. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000. Updated 09/03/15 updated 12/8/2015

- Streamwood, IL, USA

Mercedes ML350 was forced off the road on a rural highway, front end drove straight into wooded area striking a tree just right of drivers side headlamp with serious damage to bumper and hood pushing into radiator...drivers side front airbag never deployed...both side curtain bags deployed...luckily with low speed and seat belt on driver was not injured...

- Muscadine, AL, USA

Atm at bank was not operating and was going inside bank, at regions bank in hendersonville tn. When car was shifted from park into drive the car took off at a high rate of speed, that could not be stopped by braking. The result being, hitting two cars, when trying to go between them, then still couldn't stop until nose dive in rock lined four foot ditch.

- Hendersonville, TN, USA