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Mercedes-Benz E350

Every Mercedes-Benz E350 model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years8910 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins374Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 51, 57% of the model's total

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

020406020152016512017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Mercedes-Benz E350 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
15
Structure
12
Steering
10
Engine and cooling
9
Visibility and wipers
9
Fuel system
8
Airbags
8
Brakes
8
Powertrain
6
Speed control
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz E350 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 E350 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Sedan728.64101126
2016Sedan5111.836451123
2015Sedan316.519462125
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz E350

  • 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
  • 17V-177 Mar 14, 2017
    Various control units on these vehicles may have been updated with incorrect software, potentially affecting the correct deployment of the air…
    Airbags · 51 vehicles
  • 16V-899 Dec 14, 2016
    Affected vehicles use an electric power steering system that may have improperly soldered contacts inside the control unit, potentially resulting…
    Steering · 70 vehicles
  • 15V-505 Aug 11, 2015
    Integral steel cable that secures the rubber seal to the bulkhead might have been damaged due to the supplier rework of the rubber seal
    Engine and cooling · 209 vehicles
  • 15V-088 Feb 13, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a rubber seal at the back of the engine bay that may temporarily stick to the hood when it is opened and then may fall into…
    Structure · 147k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.