{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10353216,"manufacturer":"Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2010","vin":"4JGAB54E21A","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"MERCEDES BENZ HAS A SERIOUS DESIGN AND QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEM.  WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE SWITCH FAILS CAUSING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO ACCELERATE.  THE MERCEDES BENZ SERVICE MANAGER AND LEAD MECHANIC BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED AND EXPLAINED THIS PROBLEM TO ME NOTING THAT CURRENT MODELS COULD SUFFER FROM THE SAME DESIGN AND THEY'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VENDOR PROVIDING FAULTY BRAKE SWITCHES.  I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 ML320 WITH CRUISE CONTROL AT 60 MPH. I TAPPED THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY.  THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE.  I BRAKED HARDER AND THE CAR INCREASED ACCELERATION TO THE POINT OF ALMOST OVER POWERING MY EFFORTS TO BRAKE.  I WAS PANICKED SO I STEPPED ON THE PARKING BRAKE, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE RACED HARDER AND HARDER, AS I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PUSHED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE CAR.  THE SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT BY DESIGN IF THE BRAKE SWITCH FAILS THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WON'T TURN OFF AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL.  FURTHERMORE THE CRUISE CONTROL SENSES THAT THE CAR IS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE I WAS BRAKING SO IT INCREASES THE ACCELERATION TO GET THE CAR BACK UP TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SET SPEED.  THE MORE YOU BRAKE THE MORE THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL FORCE THE CAR TO ACCELERATE.  THE MECHANIC SAID THE SOLUTION WAS TO MANUALLY TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT I WAS SO PANICKED THAT THOUGHT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME.  IF IT WAS MY WIFE OR 16 YEAR OLD SON DRIVING THEY WOULD HAVE CRASHED THE CAR.  THE SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MERCEDES BENZ IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.  THEY FIXED MY BRAKE SWITCH FOR FREE AFTER HEARING MY SCARY STORY.  I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THIS DESIGN PROBLEM.  THE DESIGN SHOULD INCLUDE A SECONDARY BRAKE SWITCH OR SOME TYPE OF AUTOMATIC CRUISE CONTROL TURN OFF FUNCTION. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2001","productMake":"MERCEDES BENZ","productModel":"ML320","manufacturer":"Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC"}]}]}