2007 MERCEDES BENZ S550 Power Train Problems

MY 2007 MB S550 BASE MODEL STALLED AS I WAS MERGING ON TO THE EXPRESSWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. AFTER SITTING ON SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 20MINS, I STARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS MAKING A WHINING NOISE AND WHEN I ACCELERATE THE NOISE GETS LOUDER. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED WITH MERCEDES AND ONLY HAS 100K MILES. THIS WILL COST $7,800.00 THE SERVICE GUY STATED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON THIS CAR BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ S550. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 6 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION GEARS MADE A THUMPING SOUND WITHOUT WARNING. THE ISSUE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ S550. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONDUCTOR PLATE AND VALVE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AT 100,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 67,000

VEHICLE BECOMES STUCK IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WILL NOT SHIFT, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE QUICKLY. FOR EXAMPLE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN 6TH GEAR AFTER LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO MOVE THE CAR. I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF TO RESET THE COMPUTER TO GET THE CAR OUT OF 6TH GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTH PERIOD. MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CAR LOSE POWER WHEN IT IS STUCK IN A GEAR. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT. MERCEDES BENZ SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 68,400

2007 S550, 7-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, 57,000 MILES. STARTED ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS AGO. EXPERIENCING VERY ROUGH JOLTING TYPE SHIFTING, MOST COMMONLY OCCURS AFTER BEING PARKED ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. OCCURS WHEN DRIVING UP OR DOWN AN INCLINE. ALSO, OCCURS ON THE FREEWAY OR AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AND STAYS THERE UNTIL IT'S RESTARTED. REQUIRES TURNING OFF THE CAR WAITING A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTING TO RESET THE GEARS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOW STARTING TO COME ON.VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON THE FREEWAY. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I CANNOT BELIEVE IT SIMPLY HASN'T BEEN RECALLED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE...I WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO EVEN DRIVE THE CAR UNLESS I AM WITH HER.----MANY FORUMS ARE SUGGESTING A VALVE BODY REPLACEMENT. APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLE. LOCATED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT UNFORTUNATELY WAS DISMISSED DUE TO THE COMPLAINT CITING FRAUD. I DON'T BELIEVE MERCEDES SOLD THESE VEHICLES KNOWING THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. I WOULD JUST EXPECT THEM AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO OFFER THEIR CLIENTS A REPAIR OPTION VIA RECALL. TO DATE I AM NOT AWARE OF ONE. I HAVE OWNED 4 MERCEDES IN MY LIFETIME, 38 YEARS OLD AND HAD A FEW MINOR ISSUE HERE AND THERE BUT NEVER ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GREAT BUT NOW THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY I AM LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS IN MY OPINION AND VERY UNSAFE FOR ANYONE ON THE ROAD WHILE A MERCEDES OWNER IS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 57,650

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ S550. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WITH ELECTRICAL PLATES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS DRIVING MY S550 AND CAME TO A RED LIGHT. I STOPPED AT THE LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THERE WAS TO RESPONSE TO PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR RPMS WERE INCREASING BUT THE VEHICLE WAS CRAWLING AT LESS THAN 5MPH. THIS LED TO ME PULLING OVER AND PARKING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING IT OFF. I WAITED 5 MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED IT AND IT BEGAN TO WORK NORMALLY. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AND THE CAR WAS REVVING BUT TRAVELING LESS THAN 5 MPH WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAVING TO STOP SHORT TO PREVENT CRASHING INTO ME WHILE I WAS MAKING THE LEFT TURN. THIS WAS AGAIN RESOLVED WITH ME PARKING THE VEHICLE, TURNING IT OFF AND THEN RESTARTING IT. AFTER THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED OUT OF NO WHERE I DECIDED ITS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THEN QUIT RUNNING. THE CONDUCTOR PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY DEFECT THAT MERCEDES-BENZ HAS IGNORED. *TR

Mileage: 64,122

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ S550. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TRYING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF WAITING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS SINCE 2008. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND SHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SURGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 6,000

WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 2007 MERCEDES S550 WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND HAD MAINTAINED SERVICE WITH MERCEDES AND HAD ALL THE RECORDS. THE CAR WAS A FEW MONTHS OUT OF THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY YET I BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD LOW MILEAGE CONSIDERING I BOUGHT IT WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT IN 2006. MERCEDES DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SAY I HAD NOT PROPERLY SERVICED VEHICLE UNTIL I PRODUCED ALL THE RECORDS, THOUGHT THEY HAD A SYSTEM THAT TRACED SERVICE SINE ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THEM. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS VERY RUDE AND I ENDED UP PAYING TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I HOPE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE GUY CAN BUY A S SERIES. IT'S THE LAST ONE I WILL EVER BUY !!!! *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES S550. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50,000. UPDATED 3/24/10 *CN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 06/14/10.*JB

Mileage: 50,000

WITHOUT ANY APPARENT REASON THE ENGINE STALLED, TRANSMISSION APPEAR NOT TO BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. CAR RETURN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 2 OR 3 HOURS. TODAY 4/20/2009 CAR APPEAR TO BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, PLEASE NOTICE THAT DASHBOARD INDICATOR IS ALERTING OF ANY MALFUNCTIONING. *TR

Mileage: 14,000

2007 MERCEDES-BENZ S550V SEAT BELTS KEEP LOCKING AND CAN NOT BE USED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND RADIO. *NJ THE PASSENGER SEATBELT WOULD LOCK AND COULD NOT BE USED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN PARK, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD MOVE ALL THE TIME NO MATTER IF IT WAS SUNNY OR RAINING. THE DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. AFTER THE RADIO WAS TURNED OFF, STATIC NOISE WAS HEARD. THE STEERING CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. *JB