2014 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 Complaints

ROTORS FAIL AFTER VEHICLE WAS IDLE FOR 12 WEEKS. RUST CAUSED THE ROTORS TO MAKE BRAKES PULSATE. DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR WARRANTY, AND MAINTAINED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WEAR AND TEAR ITEMS. BUT SHOP FOREMAN INFORMED ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THAT THEY REPLACE ROTORS OF VEHICLES ON THE LOT WHICH HAVE SAT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE WINTER. UPON MY INSPECTION OF THE ROTORS IT WAS CLEAR TO SEE THAT THE RUST DID INDEED CAUSE THE SURFACE OF THE ROTORS TO SCORE AND DEFORM.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR STARTED TO SMELL OF FIRE ON 4/10/2017 @ APPROXIMATELY 1600 LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FROM HOME. PULLED CAR INTO DRIVE AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN, IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MERCEDES-BENZ OF TAMPA. REP ASKED ME TO BRING CAR IN TO SERVICE DEPT. DID SO.

MY ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. ON DASH"POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION-CHECK USER'S MANUAL" I WAS ABOUT GET CRASH, LUCKLY . PULLED OVER SAFELY. BARELY CAN TURN THE POWER STEERING. I TRY TO DRIVE NEXT DAY,STILL NOT WORKING.

THE PASSENGER SEAT HAD BEEN MOVED FORWARD USING THE LEVER OR HANDLE ON THE UPPER SEAT BACK SIDE TO MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD TO ENABLE A WOMAN WHJO HAD RECENTLY HAD BILATERAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY TO BE SEATED IN THE BACK SEAT. WHEN THE SEAT BACK WAS ERETURNED TO ITS UPRIGHT POSITION IT MOVED BACK FORCEFULLY INTO THIS WOMAN'S KNEES AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL HER HUSBAND REACHED THE SEAT BACK LEVER RLELEASED IT AND MOVED THE SEAT FORWARD. THIS CAUSED HER PAIN SHE SCREAMED AND FLAILED ABOUT WITH HER ARMS DAMAGING A REAR WIND SCREEN IN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION. IT WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. THERE IS NO SAFETY SENSOR. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE OUTCOME IF HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN SLOWER OR IF THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL CHILD OR A PET IN THE WRONG PLACE.

FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN I PUT MY 2014 E350 SPORT IN PARK IT WOULD JERK FORWARD. NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEING A PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR INTO MY NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO TURN AROUND AND JUST AS I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, THE CAR PROPELLED FORWARD DIRECTLY INTO HER TREE. IF THE TREE HAD NOT BEEN THERE MY CAR WOULD HAVE WENT INTO THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE. I AM THANKFUL THAT I AM JUST SHAKEN UP AND A LITTLE SORE. I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CAR DURING THIS FREAK EVENT AND THAT IF HAPPENED WHERE IT DID BECAUSE THE 2 OTHER TIMES THAT I WAS IN MY CAR THAT DAY IS WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I WOULD HAVE DONE MAJOR DAMAGE TO MYSELF AND POSSIBLY SOMEONE ELSE. AT FIRST I BELIEVE MY SHOE GOT CAUGHT ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY THIS COULD BE THE ISSUE AS I WAS APPLYING IT TO THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR PROPELLED FORWARD. FOR AS HARD AS I HIT THE TREE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR BACK HOME WITH ALL THE COOLANT LEAKING FROM IT. *TR

TIRE BRAND : CONTINENTAL TIRE LINE: CONTIPROCONTACT TIRE SIZE: 245/40R18 97V COMPONENT:SIDEWALL DOT NUMBER : HW2PN1H61314 SIDEWALL BLOWOUT IN DRIVEWAY WITHOUT HITTING ANYWHERE IN NORMAL TEMPERATURE. THREAD IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION, UNDER 5,000 MILES DRIVEN. THERE ARE NO NAILS OR ANY ISSUES. IT JUST GOT BLOWOUT. CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AT 3.45 PM AND BLOWOUT HAPPENED AT 7.30 PM. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 83F.

I'M CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2104 E350 4MATIC WITH ABOUT 20,000MILES ON IT, THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL CRACKED FROM THE INSIDE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT THE WHEELS CRACKING ON THE MERCEDES IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE HAS BEEN FILED IN NY FOR THE SAME. AFTER CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE IN THE DATABASE AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN ESCALATION LINE OR ANYONE THAT'S WILLING TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND TAKE CARE OF.

JULY 23RD 2016 MY TIRE HAD A LEAK FROM UNKNOWN REASON , HAD IT REPLACED AND HAD A LEAK AGAIN ON SAME WHEEL ON AUGUST 5TH 2016 SAME TYPE OF LEAK , CONTINENTAL CONTIPROCONTACT SIZE 245/40/18 97V SIZE

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR PRESSURE NOTIFICATION LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. WITHIN 10 MINUTES I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY I GLANCED AT THE TIRES TO SEE IF THEY ARE LOW (ONLY 3 LBS DIFFERENCE WAS LIT UP ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE) AND NOTICED ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE THAT A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL THAT HAD SUDDENLY APPEARED WHICH WAS NOT THERE EARLIER IN THE DAY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I ATTEMPTED A HEAVY ACCELERATION TO GET THE CAR UP TO TRAFFIC SPEED. TWO TIMES IN THE PAST 60 DAYS, THE CAR SERIOUSLY MALFUNCTIONED WITH MULTIPLE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THE MAIN TEXT "PRE SAFE FUNCTIONS LIMITED" ACCOMPANIED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF SPEED CONTROL. THE ACCELERATOR BECAME 100% UNRESPONSIVE AND I HAD TO COAST TO AN EMERGENCY LANE. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DANGER IN BOTH INSTANCES AS I HAD TO CROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER TO GET TO SAFETY. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE EXTERNAL SENSORS WERE NOT OBSTRUCTED BY DIRT OR SNOW- WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY CAUSED THE PRE-SAFE FUNCTIONS LIMITED MESSAGE. I BELIEVE THAT THE MULTIPLE ERRORS INDICATED ON THE DASHBOARD ARE ALL ERRONEOUS TO THE CORE ISSUE OF A SUDDEN AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER UPON HEAVY ACCELERATION. THE RESOLUTION WAS TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK, PUSH THE IGNITION BUTTON AS IF TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, WAIT AND RESTART. THE CAR OPERATES NORMALLY UPON RESTART. NOTE THAT THE ENGINE APPEARED TO ALREADY BE OFF PRIOR TO SHIFTING INTO PARK. IT IS AS IF THE HEAVY ACCELERATION KILLED THE ENGINE. THIS ISSUE HAS POTENTIAL FATAL CONSEQUENCES IF THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO GET THE CAR OUT OF THE LANE OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC-- AS I WAS IN. A LESS EXPERIENCED OR PANICKED DRIVER COULD EASILY FAIL TO HANDLE THE SITUATION AND GET REAR ENDED AT HIGH SPEED AS THE CAR CAN ONLY BE RESET BY GETTING IT INTO PARK AND RESTARTED. SIMILAR BLOG POSTS ONLINE REPORT THE SAME WITH OTHER MERCEDES VEHICLES. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR FOUR MONTHS AND IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE. SEEMS LIKE A SOFTWARE/ELECTRONIC ISSUE CAUSING THE MECHANICAL ISSUE TO ME. VERY DANGEROUS.