2001 Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Electronic stability control Problems

“My vehicle would would suddenly come to an abrupt stop without applying the brakes. It would do this at any speed. It was happening everyday. We had to stop driving it. We towed it to the dealer and they told us the yaw sensor was bad. There are many complaints about this on the internet. It is dangerous and could cause a deadly accident. The cost to repair was $1000.”

“The right wheel started automatically braking, without me doing anything, when I was travelling at 55 MPH. It almost caused to run off the road. I felt fortunate that there were not other cars around me, then the bas/esp light will came on. It felt extremely dangerous!”

“While driving on an interstate highway in wet conditions (raining on and off), my car suddenly jerked to the right; it felt as if my right rear wheel brakes had applied for a second or so. I noticed that the yellow triangle in the middle of the dash board that alerts me to the application of the ESC was blinking (and continued to blink until I stopped the car and turned off the engine). As I recall, my car went into the lane to my right before I regained control. I had both hands on the wheel at the time. …”

“I have less than 50k miles and had to replace the mass air flow sensor twice and now check engine light is on again for the same service needed. I have paid out of pocket not to mention the inconvenience of having it in the shop so many times also have had to replace transmission sensors and tail light, which mercedes did not reimburse for original charge, just re- replaced. Now problems happening with rear mirror. This is ridiculous mercedes should stand by there product that is supposed to last forever and I have had nothing but problems.”

“Yah sensor/ electronic stability control: 2001 mercedes slk 230; incident; while driving the vehicle on a clear and dry day, it brakes hard to the right in the middle of traffic suddenly and unexpectedly causing the tire to screech and sending me into the right hand lane of traffic. Went into dealership was told it was ( yah sensor ) which tells the car that its going into a skid and allow the electronic stability control to stabilize the vehicle. The sensor was placed on order. …”