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2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 air bags problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML3208% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Air Bags complaints
8%
share of all complaints
65,267 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Defective passenger seat occupancy sensor turns airbag and seat-belt tensioner off whenever there's a passenger riding in the car, preventing the passenger-side airbag from deploying and the seat-belt from working properly. *tr

    filed Jan 17, 2015

  • I have been the owner of a 2000 mercedes ml320 for about 6 years. The car was purchased from the dealer with approx. 30,000 miles. Today it has approx 73,000 miles. Since owning it, I have had several problems which were all out of warranty and which I feel were unwarranted and were not seriously…

    filed Jun 25, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other ML320 years

YearReportsShare
2009 ML320311%
2008 ML32015%
2003 ML32015%
2002 ML32022%
2001 ML32086%
1999 ML32054%
1998 ML32075%
ML320 air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.