{"source":"NHTSA vehicle owner complaint","officialApiUrl":"https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11413949","retrievedAt":"2026-11-05T05:21:55.625Z","count":1,"results":[{"odiNumber":11413949,"manufacturer":"Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/23/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2021","vin":"W1N0G8DB6LF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I WAS DRIVING AND STOPPED CAR TO MAKE A TURN WAITING FOR INCOMING TRAFFIC TO CLEAR. WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE AFTER TRAFFIC CLEARED, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 0.5 MILES PER HOUR. I MADE SURE THE GEAR HAD NOT SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, IT WAS ON COMFORT DRIVE. I CHANGED TO SPORTS DRIVE AND THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 0.5 MILES. I WAS NOW STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION WITH INCOMING TRAFFIC, SO I TRIED TO REVERSE. THE CAR REVERSED NO FASTER THAN 0.5 MILES PER HOUR. I TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND ACCELERATION THEN WORKED. VERY SCARY. I WAS LUCKY INCOMING TRAFFIC AVOIDED ME. BIG SAFETY HAZARD. DEALERSHIP SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, BUT I READ OTHER BLOGS WHERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR EVENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2020","productMake":"MERCEDES-BENZ","productModel":"GLC 300","manufacturer":"Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC"}]}]}