Mercedes-benz R320 2007

• Recall 258131 [USA]: Reduced brake performance or brake failure can increase the risk of a crash.
  Mercedes-benz usa, llc (mbusa) is recalling certain 2006-2012 ml, gl, and r-class vehicles. Please refer to mbusa's recall report for specific vehicle model details. Moisture may accumulate and cause corrosion in the brake booster housing unit, which can result in reduced brake performance or brake failure.
  owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy has been performed. Dealers will remove the rubber sleeve, inspect the brake booster, and as necessary, replace the brake booster. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed may 17, 2024. Owners may contact mbusa customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Mmusa's number for this recall is 2024mmnnnn. This recall is an expansion of previous recall number 22v-315.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

Common OBD Error codes specific to this vehicle.

• P0442 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0456 [1] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected

Panorama sunroof exploded while parked in our garage.

Sunroof exploded while parked in garage.

Transmission model 722.9 failure while driving. Creates an extremely dangerous situation that could lead to fatal accidents. Transmission completely disengages bringing car to stand still, or it downshifts without any warnings at high speed. Feels like the entire transmission is dropping off the car. My car had only 45k miles on it when it first exhibited this problem. Now it cost more than retail value of the car to replace this transmission.

I took my car to the mercedes-benz dealer in wilsonville oregon, the service manager told me that the r320 cdi is the worst car mercedes-benz ever built, and they kept charging for repairs each time with a new problem. I was also told the brake lamp in the rear needs a software update other wise my lights will not function properly. Do you think it is a safety issue, if my tail lamp and my brake lamp will not work until i update the software for 150 dollars?

Without warning there was failure of rear passenger and driver side air spring. *tr

Without notice front windshield wipers just stopped working while driving in the rain. Almost caused an accident. Took car to dealership, who could not determine issue. *js

Esp inoperative message appears. Wipers went on (although they were off at the time) turn signals were inoperative and interior lights not working.. I pulled to the side of the road and was unable to engage park or reverse. I shut the ignition off and neutral was automatically engaged but park still not working. Removing the key engaged park. Restarting the car the esp inoperative message was still displayed and drive could not be engaged. After leaving the key removed for 2-3 minutes all was clear. No recurrence of the problem for 6 months then recurred on september 22, 2014 and again on september 24, 2014. I feel this is a very dangerous issue. Stability control is lost along with turn signals and even if you stop the car stays in drive and reverse is not available. Park can only be engaged by removing the key. Each recurrence was the same. Headlights were still working but i could not establish if tail and brake lights working since the car stays in drive until you remove the key so you cannot check this. *tr

Preface: i own an automotive repair shop in carrollton texas. I have been working on cars since 1968. I am a three-time certified mercedes-benz master technician. In december, 2012 i replaced the right front air spring on a 2007 mercedes r-320. The manufacturer is aren't industries. Their part number is a-2587. Less than two months later, the air spring suffered a catastrophic failure. The spring material, which is similar in construction to a tire, ruptured. The vehicle was parked in the owner's garage when the "blow-out" occurred. The mileage at failure was 49336. The mileage of the original replacement was 49113. The distributor of the air spring offered me a warranty replacement. I replaced the spring with, at this point, no further issues. On september 10,2013 i replaced the left front air spring. That spring failed today, six days shy of one year and after only 4200 miles. Both of the replacement air springs suffered catastrophic "blow-out" failures. When the left spring failed today, the car was being driven. The driver managed to get the car off the road without incident. However, it could have resulted in loss of control of the car and serious damage or injury. I contacted aren't about their failure rates for these air springs. They stated they have only an 8% failure rate of this product. Because the two failures that i have witnessed present a threat to the safety of the vehicle and occupants, i would like someone to see if additional failures of this company's products have occurred. *tr

On a 4 lane highway with a posted speed limit of 55 mph vehicle was stopped at a light. Upon takeoff vehicle went into "low power" mode. Vehicle then became a hazard due to slow acceleration and not being able to pull off the highway in a safe manner due to heavy traffic. Vehicle has had a new turbo/waste gate assembly installed but still goes into low power mode without warning. No check engine light. In most cases if the vehicle can be gotten off the road and turned off for a few minutes it will return to normal. This may last for several days or several minutes. This seems to be a common problem for vehicles with the 3.0 turbo diesel including sprinter vans. *tr

Engine 'died' (vehicle lost all power) while traveling at highway speed. I had to pull vehicle over on side of the road with no power assistance steering or braking. Brough it to the dealer for service 8/8/12, stalled two more times while enroute. I was told that it is a failed camshaft sensor. I looked up all safety recalls on vehicle, and found one for the crankshaft sensor in 2008. I was told that my failed camshaft sensor is different and is not covered by the manufacturer, even though it produces the same symptom/result as a failed crankshaft sensor. Both items perform simarlarly in that they assure correct engine timing, disabling the engine if a failure is detected in either part! I submit that this is a safety issue and should at least be covered by the manufacturer! *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz r320. The contact stated that the seat overheated and burned a hole through the seat, and the contacts leg was burned. The contact mentioned that there a burning odor inside the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 40,000. The vin was unavailable.