2007 MERCEDES BENZ GL450 Suspension Problems

TAKATA RECALL .MY CAR HAVE THE AIR SHOCKS COMPLETELY DOWN THE AIR IS ESCAPING FROM 3 OF THEM AND THE CAR LOOKS AND DRIVE VERY BAD ,ALSO THE TURBINE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR IS FAILING SINCE I PURCFCHASE THIS VEHICLE, THA CAR STOP MOVING FORWARD EVERY TIME IGOT TO A STOP ,AND I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN THE CAR ON IN ORDER TO KEEP MOVING

Mileage: 125,000

2 COMPLAINTS -1 I WAS DRIVING W/OUT A COAT ON & TURNED THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER ON. THEN I STARTED FEELING A SHARP, STINGING PAIN ON MY BACK AND STARTED SMELLING THE BURNING OF WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SEAT. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A STINGING OR BITING INSECT OFF MY BACK. ONCE I REALIZED IT WAS THE SEAT HEATER, I TURNED THE SEAT HEATER OFF, ONLY TO FIND I NOW HAVE A HOLE IN MY SEAT. IF MERCEDES KNOWS THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AS I HAVE COME TO READ HERE, THEY SHOULD WARN PEOPLE NOT TO USE THE HEATERS TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND AVOID HAVING A HOLE IN THE SEAT OR REPLACE THE SEAT AND HEATER. #2 THE FRONT AIR SUSPENSION SHOCK CRASHED ON THE FRONT OF MY CAR. MY CAR SAT IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A MONTH WAITING FOR MERCEDES TO REENGINEER THE AIR SHOCK. FINALLY, THEY TOLD US TO BUY AN AFTERMARKET AND THEY WOULD INSTALL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER REAR OF THE CAR WOULDN'T LEVEL AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR SO THAT WAS REPLACED. BUT STILL THE REAR WAS UNEVEN SO THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR SHOCKS AND STILL THE CAR WOULDN'T LEVEL. THEN THEY HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME IT WAS THE FRONT AFTERMARKET AND THEY NOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THE CAR WAS A 2007 SO WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT. I STOPPED GOING TO THE DEALER AND INSTEAD TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE SHOP. THEY REPLACED A SENSOR FOR A MINIMAL CHARGE AND THE CAR HAS BEEN FINE SINCE.

VEH SUSPENSION FELL, ALMOST LOST CONTROL

Mileage: 150,000

2007 MERCEDES GL450 AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR ALL THE SUDDEN BECAME NOISY POPPED THE HOOD TO CONFIRM NOISE AND IT WAS THE AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR CAR WAS DRIVING FINE HAD TO GET TO MY DESTINATION ONLY 2 MILES AWAY THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN BOOM I THOUGHT MY TIRE BLEW OUT CAR STARTED BOUNCING IN THE REAR BADLY PULLED OVER TO CHECK AND THE REAR OF THE CAR WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN SCAIRED THE HECK OUT OF ME GOT HOME CRAWLED UNDER CAR AND THE LEFT REAR AIR SUSPENSION BAG BLEW APART COMPLETELY NO WARNING AT ALL EXCEPT THE DISPLAY ON DASH STATED COMPRESSOR COOLING DOWN HOPE MERCEDES WILL SOMEHOW HELP WITH REPAIR AND LOOK INTO THIS FOR A SAFETY ISSUE AND POSSIBLY HELP WITH THE REPAIR SOMEHOW AS I SEE THE AIRPUMP WAS JUST CHANGED IN 2013 THANKS FOR LISTENING.

Mileage: 93,000

THERE'S A WHISTLING SOUND ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING LOW THAN USUAL AND THERE MESSAGE INDICATOR STATES THAT THERE'S AN FAILURE WITH SUSPENSION. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

MERCEDES GL450 THE FRONT END STARTED RIDING LOW AFTER DRIVING IT AND WOULD THEN ADJUST ITSELF, WHICH WAS VERY NOTICEABLE NOT THE MINUTE AMOUNT IS SUPPOSED TO DO JUST FOR AERODYNAMICS. THEN IT STARTED OUT LOW FROM A PARKING POSITION AND ONCE ON THE ROAD IT WOULD RAISE A LITTLE TO WHERE IT WAS DRIVABLE THAT WENT ON FOR TWO DAYS I HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT INSPECTED AND ON THE THIRD DAY THE FRONT END JUST LOWERED ITSELF AND THE WHOLE CAR WAS VERY UNSTABLE JUMPED UP AND DOWN BECAUSE OF TBE GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FRONT AND BACK I WAS DRIVING ON A ONE LANE ROAD ON A MOUNTAINOUS REGION WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE AND HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. I MADE IT AFTER DRIVING AT 30 MPH ON A 45 MPH ZONE, FRONT AIR SUSPENSION STRUTS THAT WERE LEAKING AND TOLD ME THIS CAR WAS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NEED YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS O BELIEVE IT IS A HAZARDOUS DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE! *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ GL 450. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THERE WAS NO SPACE BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COMPRESSOR FOR THE FRONT AIR SUSPENSION HAD FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ GL450. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE MADE A WHISTLING AND RUMBLING SOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,700.

Mileage: 47,700

AIR SUSPENSION FAILURE: INITIAL FAILURE - FRONT END SUSPENSION FAILED - LOWERED COMPLETELY WHERE TIRES WOULD APPEAR TO CONTACT WHEEL WELL. DEALER 'FIXED' PROBLEM SECOND FAILURE - LEFT FRONT AIR SUSPENSION LOWERED, THE REMAINING THREE DID NOT LOWER ITSELF. THE CAR DRIVES AT AN ODD ANGLE WITH LEFT FRONT END POINTING TO THE GROUND. AGAIN THE TIRE APPEARS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE WHEEL WELL. RIDE IS ROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I HAD BEEN NOTICING THAT THE FRONT OF MY CAR HAD BEEN DROPPING DOWN AND RISING UP SPONTANEOUSLY. WHEN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK DROPPED DOWN THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY BOUNCE UP AND DOWN TO THE POINT THAT I NEARLY HIT MY HEAD ON THE ROOF. THE CAR WAS BARELY DRIVABLE UNTIL IT ROSE UP AGAIN. ON 2/18/2011 I PULLED MY TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE DROPPED DOWN AND WOULD NOT RISE UP AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THE AIR STRUTS WERE GONE. THE RIGHT SIDE HAD EXPLODED. HE CONTACTED MANY OF HIS PRIOR EMPLOYEE'S WHO WORK AT MERCEDES BENZ DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART. THEY EVEN HAD THE PARTS IN STOCK DUE TO THE DEMAND. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND IF I OR MY WIFE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND THIS OCCURRED, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ROLLOVER. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWERSTEERING LOCKING UP WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL.. MY MECHANIC ALSO SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND A RECURRENT PROBLEM PART. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR SAFETY AND IT TURNS OUT THIS IS THE FARTHEST FROM IT. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE MY DRIVER'S SEAT REPLACED BY MERCEDES AS IT BURNT A HOLE THROUGH THE LEATHER NEARLY CATCHING MY WIFE'S COAT ON FIRE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

I OWN A MERCEDES GL450 THE FRONT END STARTED RIDING LOW AFTER DRIVING IT AND WOULD THEN ADJUST ITSELF, WHICH WAS VERY NOTICEABLE NOT THE MINUTE AMOUNT IS SUPPOSED TO DO JUST FOR AERODYNAMICS. THEN IT STARTED OUT LOW FROM A PARKING POSITION AND ONCE ON THE ROAD IT WOULD RAISE A LITTLE TO WHERE IT WAS DRIVABLE THAT WENT ON FOR TWO DAYS I HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT INSPECTED AND ON THE THIRD DAY THE FRONT END JUST LOWERED ITSELF AND THE WHOLE CAR WAS VERY UNSTABLE JUMPED UP AND DOWN BECAUSE OF TBE GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FRONT AND BACK I WAS DRIVING ON A ONE LANE ROAD ON A MOUNTAINOUS REGION WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE AND HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. I MADE IT AFTER DRIVING AT 10MPH ON A 50 MPH ZONE WITH 10 CARS IN BACK OF ME! THE SHOP TOLD ME IT WAS THE TWO FRONT AIR SUSPENSION STRUTS THAT WERE LEAKING AND TOLD ME THIS CAR WAS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NEED YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS O BELIEVE IT IS A HAZARDOUS DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 63,800