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Mercedes-Benz E400 HybridYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 3 owner complaints and 3 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints3Top: Electrical systemSafety recalls32013–2015 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the E400 Hybrid median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2015Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2014Not rated–/1001 complaint · 3 recalls2013Not rated–/1002 complaints · 2 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid problems

All model years combined: 3 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system10
Power train11
Service brakes10
3 recalls

Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

78%Communication19V-787 · 2013–2015 · Nov 1, 2019 · 24,226 vehicles81%Air bags: frontal17V-627 · 2014 · Oct 6, 2017 · 495,290 vehicles93%Body: hood15V-088 · 2013–2015 · Feb 13, 2015 · 147,224 vehicles
2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the E400 Hybrid

  1. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2013–2015 · still open
    Open
  2. Rear brake line failureDP20004 · 2013–2015 · closed Oct 9, 2020
    No recall