Crash Test 2008 - 20** Mercedes Benz ML Class (Front , Side amd Pole Test) Euro NCAP

Safety equipment
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Driver frontal airbag
Front passenger frontal airbag
Side body airbags
Side head airbags
Driver knee airbag

Car details
Tested modelMercedes Benz ML320 CDI
Body typeLarge Off Road 4x4
Year of publication2008
Kerb weight2204kg
VIN from which rating appliesWDC1641221A 441475
Comments
Front impact
The Mercedes ML-Class is fitted as standard with 'Pre-Safe'. This system senses when an accident is likely to happen and optimises occupant safety by priming the restraint system. In Euro NCAP's test, 'Pre-Safe' was not engaged so the results reflect the vehicle's performance using only its conventional restraint systems. The occupant compartment and footwell remained stable during the impact. The dummy results showed that the front seat occupants knees and femurs were well protected. Mercedes showed with the use of knee mapping that the driver knee airbag and passenger restraint system would provide similar protection to occupants of different sizes and to those sat in different seating positions.

Side impact
The car scored maximum points for its performance in the side impact and pole tests.

Child occupant
The label warning of the risks associated with using a child seat on the front passenger seat and the passenger airbag status information that was presented to users wanting to install a child restraint on the front passenger seat were insufficient. A system is available as an option on the ML-Class which automatically recognises when a similarly equipped child restraint is fitted to the front passenger seat and disables the airbag. The system was not fitted to either the test vehicle or Mercedes branded child restraint. Without this equipment, a rearward facing child restraint should not be used in the front passenger seat as the airbag cannot be manually disabled. The presence of ISOFIX anchorages was not clearly marked.

Pedestrian
The bumper and bonnet leading edge offered only poor protection for a pedestrians' legs. The bonnet top was also rated as predominantly poor for the protection offered to a child's head.

Courtesy EuroNCap

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[573W1E6R1FF1N]

Wtf are you blind?

[alexkvaskov]

also an iihs top safety pick

[Volume1216]

driver side mirror was like: "see ya"!

[driftnut56]

lol the side mirror broke from the force.

[MissMKRX]

My mom crashed this in Febuary, the car was totalled (comepletely dead), but she was okay and it was a side/front crash!!! It is really good in Safety, although the car is made out of PAPER!!! Still kept my mom alive, so THANK YOU MERCEDES!

[Annihilator1111]

the 2006-present Mercedes-Benz M-Class is assembled in

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico

[harwell288]

Was I the only one that saw the rear end bend at the rear door? The rear end kind of almost looked like the newer model Impala and Lincoln LS in their test. In both cases, the rear end bent. For a Mercedes it did well, but could have been better.

[jctevere]

Does any car do well on a pole test? I find it completely irrelevant. In every test the dummy smacks his head on the pole. Admittedly some worse than others. But it appears that the results would still be fatal in almost any car. Besides, in what scenario would you hit a pole when sliding sideways without flipping first (like in this suv) and just happen to hit it with your head.

[priklodrakoulas]

seems pretty safe! it crumples quite a lot but that's because it has been designed to crumple so Force is absorbed by the car and not the driver!

[cheemooo]

I have had many hondas and I know what you mean they are not as good as they are said to be.

[scaremengaviation]

@cheemooo Of course not. Because this is a real car, and not a piece of crap Honda Odyssey that replaced it, in my garage.

[cheemooo]

dang the glass for the sunroof didnt break!