Mercedes-Benz E400Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 92 owner complaints and 26 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz E400.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints92Top: Air bags Safety recalls262015–2018 model years

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

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz E400 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 median. Tap a year for its full report.

15 34 20 23

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2018Not rated–/10023 complaints · 13 recalls 2017Not rated–/10020 complaints · 8 recalls 2016Not rated–/10034 complaints · 7 recalls 2015Not rated–/10015 complaints · 7 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz E400 problems

All model years combined: 92 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

47Air bags3 crash/fire/injury

9Electrical system1 crash/fire/injury

8Steering

6Engine

4Structure

4Service brakes

3Seat belts

3Power train

2Wheels

1610 other systems4 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Air bags	47	3
Electrical system	9	1
Steering	8	0
Engine	6	2
Structure	4	1
Service brakes	4	1
Seat belts	3	0
Power train	3	0
Wheels	2	0
10 other systems	16	4

26 recalls

Mercedes-Benz E400 recalls

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

Tires25V-023 · 2018 · Jan 17, 2025 · 165 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-232 · 2018 · Apr 8, 2022 · 126,443 vehicles Air bags: frontal21V-638 · 2015–2016 · Aug 13, 2021 · 205 vehicles Communication21V-072 · 2018 · Feb 12, 2021 · 67 vehicles Communication: auto crash notification21V-058 · 2017–2018 · Feb 5, 2021 · 1,292,258 vehicles Electrical system: software20V-449 · 2018 · Jul 31, 2020 · 56 vehicles Seat belts19V-788 · 2018 · Nov 1, 2019 · 29,720 vehicles Communication19V-787 · 2015–2016 · Nov 1, 2019 · 24,226 vehicles Structure: body19V-676 · 2017–2018 · Sep 23, 2019 · 4,765 vehicles Seats19V-130 · 2018 · Feb 26, 2019 · 22,637 vehicles Passenger side: inflator module19V-010 · 2015–2017 · Jan 9, 2019 · 288,779 vehicles Steering18V-872 · 2018 · Dec 7, 2018 · 2 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 26 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the E400

Sep 17, 2021
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2015–2017 · still open
Open
Apr 24, 2020
Rear brake line failureDP20004 · 2015 · closed Oct 9, 2020
No recall