Overview & Reviews

Mercedes enters the sport-ute fray with the introduction of the ML320. Designed from a clean sheet of paper, the ML320 offers the best of the car and truck worlds.

• Capable sport ute with Mercedes-Benz levels of refinement.

• Looks like the Mercury Villager minivan from the rear.

User Reviews:

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  Good overall, but expect a bouncy ride - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By John C. - May 15 - 2:00 am

  Traveling in my ML 320 at 65 mph over a rough stretch of freeway is a very bumpy experience. The bumpy ride makes the entire back end of my ML 320 rattle and shake. This effect is unnerving at times. On smooth road surfaces, my ML 320 is a very nice riding SUV. Would I buy another ML 320? Probably not.

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  1998 ML320, 175,000 miles - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By Vicel - December 27 - 1:23 pm

  I have to agree with most of the reviewers. This is one bad MB. Ive owned 3 MB but this is worst of all! From the day Ive picked-up this car, Ive had so many problems for next about 5-6 years. Ive made so many trips to dealers. Luckly, many of the problems were fixed under warrenty. Many times, dealers would fix additional items without telling me though. Real poor build quality. However, I have to tell you that after all those repairs (all done at the dealership), my car has been "Finally" running real nice. I now have 175K miles and really runs very nice. I think it was after about 90K miles this car runs nice. I still would not recommend any one to buy any Mercedes models!

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  ml 320 - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By rowland - August 11 - 5:56 am

  been in shop alot/hate interior controls lay out/ air control knob is joke. but nice ride/ fun.

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  more hassle than its worth - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By first&lastbenz - June 27 - 2:00 am

  Like many of the other reviews, so many electrical issues, especially in the cold weather. seat warmers take forever vs other competitors. windows not functioning (bad switch) was the biggest pain in the a**. so many interior noises (buzz, squeaks, rattles & wind noise). VERY CHEAP looking interior. also had transmission issues. my job consists of entertaining and driving customers around and i am constantly embarassed with this vehicle. never again. MB just lost another customer.

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  My ML320 - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By Ernest Ang - April 7 - 10:00 am

  I traded in this problem vehicle after 18 months

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  1998 ML320 - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By p_iyer - April 19 - 2:00 am

  The good: relatively quiet interior easy entry/exit in spite of being a tall vehicle The bad: poor build quality brakes wear out prematurely poor transmission, jumps in and out of gears at low speeds Excessive wind noise at highway speeds

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  Problems! - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By dale - July 1 - 10:00 am

  I bought the vehicle used with 30K miles. Ive had it for 3 years and its been in the shop 16 times. Everything has been replaced on it. Oil changes average $100, brakes are good for about 30K miles and cost $400 to replace ($800 for front and back). VERY HIGH maintenace costs. It rides a little rough for my tast. Gas milage is good but your paying $.20 per gallon more for premium so that cancels out the good gas milage.

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  Problems! - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By Dale - July 1 - 10:00 am

  I bought the vehicle used with 30K miles. Ive had it for 3 years and its been in the shop 16 times. Everything has been replaced on it. Oil changes average $100, brakes are good for about 30K miles and cost $400 to replace ($800 for front and back). VERY HIGH maintenace costs. It rides a little rough for my tast. Gas milage is good but your paying $.20 per gallon more for premium so that cancels out the good gas milage.

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  get out before warranty expiration - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By redfearn - October 24 - 10:00 am

  my truck handles like a sports car, and runs like the wind. however i who am notoriously light on the brakes go through a set of disc and rotors every 22000 miles. the dealership used regular oil instead of synthetic in the a and b services and it uses a good bit of oil. i have replaced the electrical controls for the windows every year. and the a and b services have increased in price from 79.00 for a and 179.00 for b. to 179.00 for a and up to 500.00 for b. i have noticed that the trade in value of this model hasnt held up as i thought it would for a suv that consumer reports rated as the best.

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  So Sad.... - 1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
  By Bryan E - August 2 - 10:00 am

  Just dont do it..... Left me stranded 3 times in 6 months. So fun to drive and rides wonderful. So sad that reliability is so terrible. Window problems, electrical problems, fuel pump...endless. Back to the Japanese automakers for me.