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2000 Mercedes Benz ML320: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320. NHTSA has 166 complaints on file for this model year. 4 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 166 complaints for it.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

166 complaints, 258 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320
  • All 2000 vehicles
2000 Mercedes Benz ML320: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2000 ML320All 2000 vehiclesML320, all yearsMentions
Steering189.945.9137.949
Engine and Engine Cooling116.3114107.530
Service Brakes, Hydraulic81.4106.570.821
Electrical System77.599.285.520
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)58.12.157.915
Service Brakes58.11264.315
Air Bags54.356.340.414
Fuel System, Gasoline50.43447.813
Power Train46.583.354.212
Vehicle Speed Control34.942.651.59

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 27.

Complaints that report a crash
13
Complaints that report a fire
6
Injuries in the complaints
16
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
10 May 2023

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 33 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE10050Preliminary evaluationBrake lamp switch failure.Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights / Switch21 Dec 20104 May 201111V208000
PE07007Preliminary evaluationELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL MALFUNCTIONElectronic Stability Control / Automatic (Asc)1 Feb 200711 Jul 2007
PE03058Preliminary evaluationENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILUREEngine and Engine Cooling / Engine / Gasoline / Belts and Associated Pulleys17 Dec 200322 Apr 2004
PE03006Preliminary evaluationPOWER STEERING HOSE ASSEMBLY LEAKAGESteering / Hydraulic Power Assist / Hose, Piping, and Connections13 Feb 20034 Apr 200303V121000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19980
  2. 19990
  3. 20000
  4. 20010
  5. 20021
  6. 20030
  7. 20050
  8. 20060
  9. 20072
  10. 20082
  11. 20093
  12. 20101
  13. 20110

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/ml320/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC.

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Questions

How many recall campaigns does the Mercedes Benz ML320 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Mercedes Benz ML320, model years 1998 to 2011. None of them names the 2000 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320 name most often?
Steering: 49 of 258 component mentions, or 189.9 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 45.9 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Mercedes Benz ML320 open?
No. Each of the 4 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.