1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 problems
The 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 has 129 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (71%) concerns electrical system. Next are engine (8%) and fuel system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 129 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 71% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 102,000 miles 93 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 7 |
What the data shows
Of the 93 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 102,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 108,000 miles (74 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 85% 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 1995 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E320 with enough data (16 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.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 mercedes benz e320. The contact stated that she had just left a repair shop where a bulb was replaced when she was driving at approximately 30 MPH and smelled burning wires. She took her foot off the accelerator pedal and the vehicle suddenly hesitated. She turned around to go back to the repair shop but noticed that the vehicle had caught fire. She called the fire department and the fire was put out. She was not sure if a fire report was filed.
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 mercedes benz e320. While driving at 55 MPH, there was smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.
I have changed the plugs in my 1995 mercedes 3 times in the past two years. The last time by the dealership in huntsville, al. They said the plugs I has put in new a month before were bad and replaced them again. This did not fix my problem and has progressively become worse. This past week end I checked the plugs again and when I started the engine it was missing on at least two cylinders. Two plugs were not even firing.
On this 1995 mercedes e320, would not pass emissions, took to dealer, was told the engine compartment wiring harness needed to be replaced, at a cost of $1500. The wiring harness was crumbling everywhere. I checked online and it is a very common problem with all e20. I checked no recall for this problem. This is totally a manufacturing problem, the coating to the wiring has disintegrated and it is unsafe to drive these cars.