Mercedes Benz M Class owners have reported 11 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission (3 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's transmission failure (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The vehicle safety systems failures are detailed below: dot safety recall for power steering clamp repaired by mbm in July catastrophic failure of power steering system occurred ~ 2 weeks later while rounding a corner with 4 other family members, barely avoided a head-on collision. Read details...
2006 ml350 transmission failure: while exiting from interstate, I notice that the car was jerking/knocking when I was slowing down. A couple of miles on the surface streets at 30-40 mph I noticed that the jerking became worse and finally the car went into neutral gear without any power delivered Read details...
1999 ml 320 began jerking on medium grades. Jerking was reported to knoxville TN. Mercedes benz dealership. They reported the transfer case is failing. They indicated that to their knowledge there has never been a transfer case failure on an ml 320. Read details...
While driving, some tea spilled onto my shifter. Moments later while merging into high speed traffic, my car would not shift out of low gear. I had to swerve onto the side of the road to avoid being hit from behind. This minor spillage of herbal tea distorted my shifter resulting in $788. Read details...
1999 ml 320 began jerking on medium grades. Jerking was reported to knoxville TN. Mercedes benz dealership. They reported the transfer case is failing. They indicated that to their knowledge there has never been a transfer case failure on an ml 320. Read details...