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Mercedes-Benz E300

Every Mercedes-Benz E300 model year on file, 2016 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1338 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22016 to 2017
Recall campaigns16Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins366Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 132, 99% of the model's total

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

05010015020162017132
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Mercedes-Benz E300 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
39
Fuel system
25
Electrical system
23
Powertrain
16
Steering
12
Structure
10
Brakes
8
Driver assistance
7
Airbags
6
Lighting
5
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz E300 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 E300 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Sedan1326.1777161223
2016Sedan10.0711143
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz E300

  • 21V-072 Feb 12, 2021
    On June 18, 2021, an additional 9 vehicles were added, including certain 2021 GLA250, GLC300, 2018 S450, E400, and 2017 CLA250 vehicles
    Communication · 67 vehicles
  • 21V-058 Feb 5, 2021
    Software design of the communication module may fail to communicate the correct vehicle location for the emergency call system (eCall) in the…
    Communication · 1.29M vehicles
  • 20V-449 Jul 31, 2020
    Software in the replaced instrument cluster may cause the seat belt warning system to not operate properly, only displaying a solid warning light…
    Electrical system · 56 vehicles
  • 18V-271 Apr 27, 2018
    Headlight horizontal adjustment screws on these vehicles may not be properly sealed behind a non-removable sealing cap to keep headlights from…
    Lighting · 42 vehicles
  • 18V-151 Mar 6, 2018
    These vehicles may have misadjusted headlights, possibly resulting in the low beam headlights insufficiently illuminating the roadway
    Lighting · 28 vehicles
  • 17V-714 Nov 14, 2017
    Transistor within the power steering control unit may overheat resulting in the power steering system being disabled
    Steering · 72 vehicles
  • 17V-574 Sep 19, 2017
    These vehicles have electrical power steering control units with improperly welded contact pins
    Steering · 4 vehicles
  • 17V-246 Apr 11, 2017
    Affected vehicles have a roof mounted spoiler that may not be properly attached and thus may detach while driving
    Structure · 411 vehicles
  • 17V-245 Apr 11, 2017
    Software for the widescreen instrument cluster may cause the instrument cluster to not display anything on vehicle on startup, or the display may…
    Electrical system · 15 vehicles
  • 17V-241 Apr 11, 2017
    Affected vehicles have an electric power steering connector that may be insufficiently sealed, allowing water to enter the control unit
    Steering · 58k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.