FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz ML430

Owners have filed 194 complaints about the Mercedes Benz ML430 with NHTSA across model years 1990 to 2001. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Mercedes Benz ML430

69 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2001 Mercedes Benz ML430

65 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz ML430 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2001 B 65 3 0 109,000 Brakes
2000 C 69 5 3 120,000 Steering
1999 B 59 4 0 78,000 Engine & Cooling
1990 1 0 0 Steering

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz ML430

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 42 21.6%

Worst in 2001

Steering 28 14.4%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 24 12.4%

Worst in 1999

Electrical System 16 8.2%

Worst in 1999

Stability & Traction Control 15 7.7%

Worst in 2000

Acceleration & Cruise Control 14 7.2%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 6.7%

Worst in 1999

Fuel & Propulsion 10 5.2%

Worst in 1999

Airbags 5 2.6%

Worst in 2000

Suspension 5 2.6%

Worst in 1999

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 5 2.6%

Worst in 2001

Other & Unspecified 4 2.1%

Worst in 1999

Seat Belts 3 1.5%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 2 1.0%

Worst in 2000

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz ML430, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2000 peak 8 Jan 2025

Compare the Mercedes Benz ML430

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.