2001 Mercedes-Benz E Class problems
NHTSA has received 33 complaints about the 2001 Mercedes-Benz E Class, and 12% of them involve brakes. After that come lighting (12%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 10 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 85,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E Class with enough data (25 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While applying the brake pedal vehicle failed to stop. This caused consumer's vehicle to collide with the vehicle in front. No one was injured, and the vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic could not duplicate the problem.
Consumer states the brake and accelerator are designed too close together, while attempting to stop vehicle, consumer also pressed down on the accelerator which caused the vehicle to lunge foward and consumer crashed into a building, the dealer checked the vehicle and stated the pedal positions and travel were within specifications.(mercedes e320 2001)
The air bags on the front passenger and rear right passenger side deployed although there was no impact. The manufacturer stated that something probably hit the bottom of the vehicle where the sensors are located and caused the air bags to deploy. *nlm
We driving along on the freeway when my wife bumped a cup of coffee in the cup holder that caused a small amount of coffee to splash out of the cup and onto the console. In about 10 minutes a number of things happened, first the instrument cluster went blank, speedometer, tack, etc, and all vehicle alarms came on, second the transmission was locked into high gear and the car would not downshift. I noticed when I came to a small rise in the road the car would not downshift so I lost power.
The stop lamp switch, which activates the stop lamps, ant-lock brakes, traction control mechanisms, on my 2001 mercedes benz e320 has needed to be replaced 4 times in the past 5 years. The part number that continually goes bad is 001-545-64-09. The most recent replacement was 09-12-09.