AutoStatsIQ
Data through Oct 2026
Model line

Mercedes-Benz E250

Every Mercedes-Benz E250 model year on file, 2015 to 2016. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years60 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22015 to 2016
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins246Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 83% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0246201552016
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Mercedes-Benz E250 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
2
Electrical system
1
Brakes
1
Steering
1
Engine and cooling
1
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz E250 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercedes-Benz E250 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2016Sedan10.0721121
2015Sedan50.03152125
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz E250

  • 19V-787 Nov 1, 2019
    For a full list of the affected models visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RMISC-19V787-4620.pdf
    Communication · 24k vehicles
  • 17V-627 Oct 6, 2017
    Driver's air bag may unexpectedly deploy due to insufficient grounding of the steering components if an electrostatic discharge occurs and the air…
    Airbags · 495k vehicles
  • 15V-351 Jun 8, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from around the chain tensioner gasket area
    Engine and cooling · 814 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.