2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V010000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. VITI MERCEDES-BENZ (975 FISH RD, TIVERTON, RI 02878, (401) 352-6555) WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.*DT*JB*DT*JB

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V010000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE MERCEDES DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND POSSIBLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER. OUR MERCEDES ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT.

I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE BRAKES LIGHT WENT ON "LOW FLUID" TAKING IT TO MANHATTAN BENZ AND THEY CHARGE ME $8614.50 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES. IAM 80 AND MAX. DRIVING 5000MILES/YR

THE VEHICLE JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT STARTED SOMEWHERE IN THE ENGINE WHILE BEING PARKED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 17V017000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. MERCEDES-BENZ OF RALEIGH (5607 CAPITAL BLVD, RALEIGH, NC 27616) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HEADING HOME, I HEAR SOMETHING PULL A LOOSE AND A SIZZLING SOUND. PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRES, THEY WERE OK. PULLED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD LOUD SOUNDS OF METAL AS THOUGH EVERYTHING UNDER MY CAR WAS BREAKING APART. PULL OVER AGAIN PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE NOISE STOPPED. OPENED DOOR AND NOTICE SMOKE (THOUGHT TO BE FLUIDS) AND FELT HEAT ON THE FLOOR BOARD. OPEN DOOR AGAIN AND SAW FIRE.

SAFETY RECALL INTERIM NOTICE ABOUT A SAFETY DEFECT FOR MY VEHICLE WAS RECEIVED ON MARCH 19, 2019. STATES A PASSENGER SIDE INFLATOR EXPLOSION COULD OCCUR. AT TIME OF NOTICE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DESPITE DIRE WARNINGS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH DUE TO THE DEFECT, IT IS NOW SEVENTEEN MONTHS LATER AND MERCEDES STILL DOES NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATED DATE OF REPAIR OR EVEN WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND HAD ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER THE PARKING BARRIER AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL 25-30 FEET BEFORE HITTING A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND WAS TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HER RIBS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AT THE SCENE AND WAS INITIALLY TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TOW YARD; THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT AWAITED AN INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER. A DEALER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

I AM REPORTING A FINDING ON MY ENGINE (M276) THAT IS THE SAME RELATED TO OTHER MERCEDES ENGINE MODELS M272 AND M273. RECENTLY, I DISCOVERED OIL IN ALL FOUR (4) ENGINE CAMSHAFT SOLENOID (P/N 276-156-07-90) CONNECTORS AND THE WIRE HARNESS PLUG. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN MERCEDES BENZ CAMPAIGN NO. 2012070002, DATED SEPTEMBER 2012. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY MIGRATION OF OIL BEYOND THE HOUSING OF THE CAMSHAFT SOLENOID. THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND THE SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT IF LEFT UNCORRECTED CAN CAUSE STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.