Mercedes-Benz R350

Owners filed 235 complaints across 7 model years of the Mercedes-Benz R350. The 2006 drew the most (99).

Model years7
Complaints235
Recalls18
Fires15
Deaths0

Which Mercedes-Benz R350 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes-Benz R350 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 R350 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20128
3——Air BagsDo not drive
201118
3—1Air BagsDo not drive
201013
3——Air BagsDo not drive
200915
3——Air BagsDo not drive
200835
2——SuspensionDo not drive
200747
251SuspensionDo not drive
200699
2102SuspensionDo not drive

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