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Originally Posted by duxthe1
I guess you got lucky and yours wasn't one that had the fuel line rub though the BRAKE line  resulting in a complete loss of brakes.....
I'll stand by my comment. |
I never heard of that failure in 14 years of ownership and 10+ years of reading this site so I did a little checking. According to this report, ML
320 not affected. That is the model the OP inquired about.
"The Mercedes inquiry involves around 52,000 1999–2002 ML 430/500/55s. The agency is looking into whether the brake line from the master cylinder to the antilock brake pump “may be damaged and rupture from chaffing with a fuel line.” The agency said it had one report of a crash in which an inspection found a leak that was caused by the fuel line’s rubbing against the brake line, resulting in a loss of braking effectiveness."
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/safety-investigations-stepped-up-on-several-models/?_r=0
So I'll stand by my comments as well.