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1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320 transmission problems

16 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
16 10% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Car was stopped put into park position on the transmission. Car lurched forward, crashed thru garage adjoining porch and deck and rolled off dropping 10 feet and turning on it's side. Dt

September 2002 CrashInjury

Consumer was able to remove the key from ignition without the vehicle being in park. The consumer stated that she could shift the gear lever to all gears when the key was not in the ignition and engine in an off position. The vehicle rolled down the hill and ran over a mailbox damaging the vehicle and back while the gear lever was still in park. The rear seat belts does not retract and had to be manually pushed back into the mechanism.

Reported at 78,000 miles, November 2004 Crash

Other problems reported for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320

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