2006 Mercedes-Benz E320 problems
The 2006 Mercedes-Benz E320 has 49 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (35%) concerns brakes. Next are fuel system (18%) and air bags (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 40 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 | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 40 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 89,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 130,000 miles (14 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E320 with enough data (14 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Driving east on us 30 in slow moving traffic on wet pavement (due to previous rain) between toronito street and loucks mill road in york, pa, I attempted to slow down to stay with the traffic and realized the brakes were not working, I applied full pressure expecting the ABS to activate and nothing happened. I ran into the back of the car ahead which went into the car in front of him. The impact did not activate the airbags. My seat belt held me but I did receive whip-lash.
I was involved in an accident sat. April 9, 2016. I struck another vehicle that was stopped dead still in the road. My air bags did not deploy . I was traveling at a speed over 30 miles an hour but less than 45 MPH and the impact was dead on, no glancing blow. The accident happened on a state highway about 10 p.m.
(1)error message on vehicle to return vehicle to service because of SRS failure. (2) dealer told me that this failure results in non deployment of air bags and seat belt tensioners, and told me it was not safe to drive the vehicle. (3) dealer replaced 5 cables, 10 cable connectors, 1 fuse element and reprogrammed computer. By the way, consumer forums and blogs reference many identical mercedes system failures.
In january 2018, my car had developed sbc malfunction issues and I took it to the and they quoted me $ 2,700+/- to fix the issue. I then called mb USA and they told me that the sbc unit warranty was extended for 10yrs and that I had just crossed that limit. I then reached out to a private mechanic who agreed to replace the unit for $865 (please see the attached receipt). I was able to purchase the sbc unit from mb of clear lake for $1,045.70 .