2000 MERCEDES BENZ ML320 — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR

DT: THERE IS A CRACK IN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. IT WAS LEAKING CARBON MONOXIDE. WHEN DRIVING WITH THE WINDOWS CLOSED THE CONSUMER WAS GETTING CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED IN JUNE OF 2005. THE CRACK OCCURRED SOMETIME BEFORE THIS. THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, AND ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED A LEAK IN THE RIGHT ONE. BOTH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS CRACKED. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE CONCERNING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT SHE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. *AK *JB THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED NAUSEA, DIZZINESS AND SLEEPINESS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPT 2005. AFTER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED ALL OF THE CONSUMER'S SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED. A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE ON 9/15/05. *NM