Worst years for a Mercedes Benz ML500
Owners have filed 141 complaints about the Mercedes Benz ML500 with NHTSA across model years 2002 to 2007. More of them are about the steering than anything else.
Avoid
2006 Mercedes Benz ML50049 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.
Cleanest on record
2003 Mercedes Benz ML50019 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Mercedes Benz ML500 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.
What breaks on a Mercedes Benz ML500
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2002
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Worst in 2006
Worst in 2007
Worst in 2003
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Worst in 2004
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Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz ML500, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the Mercedes Benz ML500
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.