Mercedes-Benz E300 by model year

324 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercedes-Benz E300 across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Mercedes-Benz E300

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1995	7
1996	1
1997	12
1998	13
1999	15
2016	1
2017	185
2018	47
2019	38

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2019	38	Seat belts (21%)	8	24 to 25
2018	47	Engine (19%)	7	24 to 25
2017	185	Engine (21%)	16	24 to 25
2016	1		1
1999	15			26
1998	13			26
1997	12			26
1996	1			27
1995	7			25