Ongoing issue that is sometimes difficult to replicate. Vehicle will suddenly die while driving or idling, without warning, and take approximately 20 minutes to restart. Ignition will sometimes stick and not start. Vehicle almost crashed into another vehicle in one instance where sudden loss of power occurred while approaching stop light.

- Chico, CA, USA

The vehicle lost all power suddenly. Other owners have also experienced similar problems. I found this out by searching the internet. I followed what others have done. I had a local garage replace the cps-crankshaft position sensor and the problem has resolved. I suspect faulty design of the crankshaft position sensor. Very fortunate that no one was injured. My 16 year old daughter was driving.

- Lowville, NY, USA

Rust has formed on both the lower portion of the upper right and left side fenders where fender bolts apparently are used on the inside of the fender to connect the lower fender to the upper fender. This defect has been noticed on several other 2000 and 2001 ml's based on my visual examination of such vehicles at several local Mercedes Benz dealers. M-B dealer body shop manager also acknowledged seeing this problem on this make and type of vehicle.

- Solon, OH, USA

We own a 2000 Mercedes ML320 we have received a recall notice about six month ago and nothing has been done to the car as of yet. The dealer claims that there are no parts available and I have made multiple calls to mb offices and I was told that parts are available and should be installed already. Nobody follows through.

- Woodland Hills, CA, USA