2010 Mercedes-Benz ML

Typical pattern

1% of complaints about the 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2010 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 7.2 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (59 complaints), typically at 7.1 yr or about 74,000 miles.

Covers 1 variant: ML350 (113)

Complaints: 104
Median age at failure: 7.2 yr
Median mileage: 68,000 n=42
Crash / fire / tow: 10.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Air bags 60,071 mi 2.6 yr in service crash / fire / tow

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON CITY ROAD, APROX 25MPH THE PASSENGER HEADREST SRS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND SPRUNG OPEN HITTING PASSENGER IN BACK OF HEAD CAUSING NECK INJURY. *TR

Air bags mileage not reported 6.7 yr in service

TAKATA RECALL FOR TAKATA INFLATORS. MY CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH THESE AND I NEED THE RECALL WORK DONE. IT IS A MATTER OF SAFETY AND I AND MY FAMILY REALLY WOULD NEED TO GET THE RECALL WOK DONE, THANK YOU

Air bags mileage not reported 6.6 yr in service

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V081000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

Other ML model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2010 Mercedes-Benz ML

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other ML model years

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