2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 Vehicle speed control Problems

“I was driving on the freeway with my cruise control set at 65. The vehicle abruptly started accelerating. Fortunately I had left myself a good distance from the semi in front of me or I would have rammed into the back of it. This was quite unnerving and after braking I received the following error codes: ABS, esp, traction control and cruise control.”

“I received a recall notice for the the rear speed sensors on this vehicle. I have had both front speed sensors fail and I believe this should be looked into as well as I believe the ABS brake system was effected by my front wheel speed sensor failures. The first sensor failed 30 days after warranty expired when the vehicle had less than 19,000 miles. The second sensor failed about 3 months later.”

“We were traveling on flat, open interstate roadway in rainy weather at night with cruise control set when the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated quickly. I noticed the vehicle felt like it downshifted and felt like it was accelerating hard. I looked at speedometer and speed had increased by more than 5 MPH over what cruise was set in a matter of 4 seconds or so. I then applied pressure to brake pedal at which point the vehicle felt like brake system pulsed 4 times, and cruise control did not appear to disengage. …”

“I was driving at 65 miles an hour on interstate and the vehicle decelerated and then accelerated and continued to accelerate. The cruise control was not on at the time. I tried to brake but the vehicle continued to try to accelerate as I depressed the brake petal. The only way to stop this was to physically put the vehicle in neutral. After sitting for a period of time multiple alarms were displayed. I was able to drive again once the vehicle was in alarm mode and the anti lock braking system had disabled itself. I am an experience driver. …”

“While driving our 2015 mercedes SPRINTER 3500 on I-5 south from oakland, ca to joshua tree national park on thursday, march 19 suddenly our speed control quit functioning and the ABS, esp and traction control lights on our instrument panel lighted up. We immediately called a mercedes benz service department in bakersfield, ca and were told that as long as the van seemed to be driving , braking and handling normally we did not need to bring it in for service but could continue driving. The van did seem to be running normally so we drove on without speed control. …”