FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz E350

Owners have filed 2,686 complaints about the Mercedes Benz E350 with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2017. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2014 Mercedes Benz E350

378 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2004 Mercedes Benz E350

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz E350 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2017 C 11 1 3 18,700 Other & Unspecified
2016 C 74 9 1 39,000 Electrical System
2015 C 40 4 0 25,000 Electrical System
2014 F 378 20 18 41,000 Brakes
2013 D 215 29 6 46,788 Airbags
2012 C 260 8 1 66,400 Airbags
2011 D 265 14 2 55,539 Airbags
2010 C 229 17 0 60,000 Airbags
2009 C 76 4 4 66,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2008 D 220 13 16 86,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 D 398 1 14 80,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 D 482 20 13 90,995 Fuel & Propulsion
2005 A 17 2 0 130,000 Brakes
2004 A 11 0 0 135,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 A 10 0 0 84,336 Electrical System

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz E350

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 765 28.5%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 397 14.8%

Worst in 2011

Engine & Cooling 218 8.1%

Worst in 2006

Brakes 204 7.6%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2006

Suspension 117 4.4%

Worst in 2014

Body & Structure 106 3.9%

Worst in 2014

Steering 89 3.3%

Worst in 2014

Seats 72 2.7%

Worst in 2008

Wheels 58 2.2%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Tires 44 1.6%

Worst in 2007

Exactly what failed on a Mercedes Benz E350

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 76 46.1%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 17 10.3%
Automatic Transmission 14 8.5%
Frame AND Members 11 6.7%
Seat Heater/Cooler 10 6.1%
Fuel Pump 8 4.8%
Engine 8 4.8%
Automatic Emergency Braking 7 4.2%
Blind Spot Detection 7 4.2%
Tank Assembly 7 4.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz E350, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2005 peak 42 Jul 2026

Mercedes Benz E350 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mercedes Benz E350

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.