2001 Mercedes-Benz ML320 problems
Owners have filed 196 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Mercedes-Benz ML320. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. After that come stability control (17%) and steering (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 196 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 92,000 miles 162 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 27 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 20 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 10 |
| 200k+ miles | 10 |
What the data shows
Among the 162 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 92,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 115,000 miles (43 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 17 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Mercedes-Benz ML320 with enough data (66 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
We believe that one or more mechanical and/or design failures contributed to an accident in which our 2001 mercedes benz ml 320 was involved.
Safety system failure, including braking assist, seat belts, air bags and tel-aide due to computer chip failure. Caused two accidents after which customer paid to have vehicle reviewed bumper to bumper and the failing chip was replaced. During this time, the dash warning lights did not illuminate to warn of the failure which the vehicle computer documented 15 times in a six-month period (between the two accidents). Approximately eight months later, the warning light on the dash illuminated again.
2001 mercedes-benz ml320. I have 2001 mercedes benz ml320, and few months ago once I was driving and all of sudden my driver seat started burning and it burnt my leather seat, my pant and my skin. I just have 58,000 miles on my car. I have heard that many other ml owners have the same problem, I think mercedes must recall all this mls , and they must fix this problem. Or if they don't recall, then government must force them to recall this vehicles for this specific problem.
While driving on highway the car brakes come on automatically without touching the brakes, it happened few times, the car has to come to stop, very dangerous situation