2014 Mercedes-Benz ML

Typical pattern

3.6% of complaints about the 2014 Mercedes-Benz ML came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2014 vehicle — around the middle of the 195 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 8.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is electrical system (21 complaints), typically at 9.0 yr or about 60,000 miles.

Covers 1 variant: ML350 (108)

Complaints: 110
Median age at failure: 8.4 yr
Median mileage: 47,000 n=44
Crash / fire / tow: 14.5% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Engine 6,138 mi 1.2 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE MODULE PINS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,138. UPDATED 7/23/15*CN THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE POST REMOVED.

Engine mileage not reported 4.3 yr in service

VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT-HAND TURN UPHILL AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF FOR 25 MINUTES; ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. REQUIRED TO MANUALLY HOLD IN THE BRAKE ON AN INCLINE UNTIL VEHICLE RESTARTED. DEALERSHIP CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND IS RETURNING THE VEHICLE.

Engine mileage not reported 4.2 yr in service

TAKATA RECALL- INTERMITTENT BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. SMELL NOTED WHEN CAR IS PARKED AFTER DRIVING FOR SOME TIME.

Electrical system mileage not reported 2 mo in service

2014 MERCEDES-BENZ ML 350 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ROUGH RUNNING. *MW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DOOR WOULD STICK, THE ELECTRONICS MODULE AND DUEL DOOR CENTRAL LOCK WERE REPLACED. *JB

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.

2014 Mercedes-Benz ML

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other ML model years

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