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The ML has a designing flaw in their brake system. You may have noticed that these vehicles will go through brake pads at an unusually fast rate. The main problem is due to the surface area of the brake pad to weight ratio. If these pads were larger in size the ability to slow the vehicle with less pedal pressure would be achieved. Aftermarket pads, rotors and calipers are available and can make this SUV stop on top of its emblem. Other vehicles that suffer from this are the new S class, the post 90 Nissan 300 ZXs and the 1 ton dually GM trucks (to name a few). If the surface area of the pads were larger it would require less force to bring a vehicle of nearly 5000 pounds to a stop. I believe Brembo has the parts necessary to change out the system.