Mercedes Benz E500
Owners filed 460 complaints across 7 model years of the Mercedes Benz E500. The 2004 drew the most (142).
Which Mercedes Benz E500 years should you avoid?
No Mercedes Benz E500 year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 133), 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 E500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 50 | 4 | — | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 140 | 3 | — | 4 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 142 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 125 | 3 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.