stereophile

Dear Members:
My wife bought a 2009 Mercedes C-530W4M three weeks ago. Yesterday,
when she drove the car to her office waiting in front of the garage door,
it suddenly accelerated strongly. As a result of this, the car hit on a wall and the front end was severely damaged. Due to the fact that the garage door was not completely opened, the antenna at the roof of the car was also smashed. I wish to know, is there any member experienced or heard the similar accident due to suddenly acceleration?

Looking forward to here from you.

stereophile

Anaudiophile

I am pretty sure you mean C 350 4-Matic correct? I have not heard of this occuring, but do know a couple owners of the new C class. One 300 and one 350.

stereophile

Yes, the 2009 C350 was a 4-Matic which was shipped from West Germany
recently. My wife has 30 years driving experience and the C350 was her 2nd
Mercedes. She was very sure that was the car's problem because she stops
in front of the office building every morning waiting the garage door to open.
She won't make a mistake by accelerating the car without the garage door
completely open. Besides, that was her own building. She won't be so stupid
to damage her own property and repaired afterwards without insurance
compensation.

davemisto

maybe she should get her right foot checked out

stereophile

Dear Sir:
Thank you for your concern. I suggest that you should buy one of the 2009 model of C-530 for your own adventure.

richardhead

stereophile. I have looked through the net to try and find some sort of problem that would of caused your wife's car to auto accelerate outside her work place.

A few suggestions came back: ie
Was it after the Christmas party.
Was she braking in a new pair of Jimmy Choos.

stereophile

Dear richardhead:
It was a normal week day in the morning about 9:45 a.m. She wore low heel shoes as usual. However, I appreciate your concern in this regard.

Stereophile

richardhead

stereophile. Thanks for being a good sport. Good luck with your wife's car.

joe wilson1943

Didn't some of the Audi 5000s have that problem a few years back? I think it was something in the computer that caused them to do that. Did you take it back to the dealer?

stereophile

Dear Joe:
I heard that Audi car has similar problem. What I posted here was to request
if any of our member experienced the same problem on 2009 C530? My wife's C-530 was towed to the dealer and was considered totally damage. Few weeks ago, she leased a new E-300 4MATIC. She scare to get another C-530 again.
Best regards,

stereophile