2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 problems
Owners have filed 230 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. After that come fuel system (9%) and electrical system (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 230 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 101 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 | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 101 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 55,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 12 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E350 with enough data (50 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.
Another car made an illegal u-turn and caused me to t-bone on his passenger side. Front of my car hit his passenger side and dragged his car for about 10 feet. Air bags on my car did not deploy, safety system m-brace in car failed and did not call sos either. Car safety system did not detect the crash at all. Mercedes benz did not detect a crash....updated 09-10-14 the consumer stated she received soft tissue injuries to the neck, shoulders, and back, bruised elbow, and headaches and loud ringing for 10 days…
I bought a 2010 e350 mb in november of 2015 as a birthday gift. My 3rd week of own it the check engine light came on and keeps going on and off. Brought it back to the dealer where I bought it and told me to bring it to mb. Turn out to be heck engine light due to faulty camshaft adjuster solenoid on mercedes-benz e350. Why is their no recall on this, it cost $8,000.00 to get it fixed?
When accelerating hard, the car looses all power and goes into 'limp mode'. This is a extremely dangerous position to be in. If you're on the highway with a cement wall right next to you and everyone is going well over 80 and you loose all power, you're a sitting duck. There is no way to make it across 4-6 lanes to pull over, turn off the car and wait 20 seconds to reset and start again. I have seen many complaints on forums and mercedes is denying the issue.