Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat › harness/crotch buckle. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Seat › Harness/Crotch Buckle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COULD NOT RELEASE BUCKLE TO SEAT BELT ON CAR SEAT, SPENT APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES TRYING TO GET MY CHILD OUT. CALLED HUSBAND TO COME BY HIS WORK TO SEE IF HE COULD HELP BEFORE I CUT THE STRAPS. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES BUT THE LONGEST TIME WAS 10 MINUTES. SWITCHED CAR SEATS. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2001, MAKE=MERCEDES , MODEL=ML 350). *TR
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 110 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2010 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2009 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2008 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2007 | 83 | 2 | 25 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2006 | 172 | 2 | 19 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2005 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.