Mercedes-Benz ML500 by model year

142 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercedes-Benz ML500 across 7 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Mercedes-Benz ML500

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2002	33
2003	19
2004	26
2005	3
2006	49
2007	11

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2008			1
2007	11		2	14
2006	49	Electrical system (16%)	2	14
2005	3			14
2004	26	Steering (23%)		14
2003	19			14
2002	33	Brakes (21%)	1	14