Mercedes Benz E Class
Owners filed 298 complaints across 16 model years of the Mercedes Benz E Class. The 2003 drew the most (45).
Which Mercedes Benz E Class years should you avoid?
No Mercedes Benz E Class year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 38), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mercedes Benz E Class model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2006 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 2005 | 9 | 3 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 15 | 4 | — | 2 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 45 | 4 | — | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2001 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2000 | 34 | 1 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1999 | 13 | 1 | — | — | Suspension › Front | Routine | |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 | — | 1 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Routine | |
| 1997 | 38 | 1 | — | 1 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Routine | |
| 1996 | 16 | 2 | — | — | Suspension › Front | Routine | |
| 1995 | 21 | 2 | 2 | — | Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood | Routine | |
| 1994 | 38 | 2 | 5 | — | Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood | Routine | |
| 1993 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood | Routine | |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.