2001 Mercedes-Benz ML430 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2001 Mercedes-Benz ML430 documents a sport utility with four doors and a naturally aspirated V8. Displacing 4.3L, the engine burns gasoline and uses a single overhead cam design. Only the Base trim appears for the year. The manual gives engine, transmission, brake and body procedures along with torque values, specifications and wiring diagrams for this sport utility.

Engines covered

• 4.3L V8 — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2001 ML430. Brakes dominate the complaint history for the 2001 ML430: of 45 owner complaints, 11 concern hydraulic service brakes and 11 service brakes generally, with speed control next at 6. Three complaints reported a crash and one an injury. Four recalls were filed against the 2001 M-Class line, among them one for certain vehicles whose cruise control might stay engaged when the brake pedal was used, and one covering certain passenger vehicles whose AAM II control module, which runs the high beams, instrument cluster, door locks and wipers, could work only intermittently. The 2001 M-Class line also drew 4 complaints. Brake hydraulic procedures, cruise control diagnostics and module wiring diagrams appear in the manual.