2000 Mercedes Benz ML55

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed May 9, 2019165,000 milesCA

VEHICLE EXHIBITS RATTLING NOISES, EXHAUST LEAKS, CEL, REDUCED POWER, AND EXTREMELY LOW MPG, LARGE AMT OF BLACK SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST. THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IS DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. MBUSA HAS HAD A SERVICE "CAMPAIGN" IN EFFECT THAT CLAIMS TO COVER MY PARTICULAR CAR AND QUALIFIES IT FOR REPAIR (AT NO COST WHATSOEVER), BUT WHEN I DELIVERED THE VEHICLE TO A MAIN DEALER, THEY DID NOT HONOR THE CAMPAIN/RECALL. THEY CLAIMED THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ONE OF THE ONES AFFECTED, EVEN THOUGH IT IS CLEARLY LISTED ON THE BULLETIN, AND IT CLEARLY SHARES THE SAME FAULTY PARTS AS THE VEHICLES THAT ARE "AFFECTED". I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY REASON OTHER THAN THIS.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2003	1	0	Routine
2002	2	1	Routine
2001	9	0	Routine
2000 — this page	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

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.