Mercedes-Benz E400

Owners filed 92 complaints across 4 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E400. The 2016 drew the most (34).

Model years4
Complaints92
Recalls35
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Mercedes-Benz E400 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes-Benz E400 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 E400 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
201823
1321Unknown or OtherRoutine
201720
8——Air BagsRoutine
201634
7—1Air BagsRoutine
201515
7—2Air BagsRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.