YearsTell

all vehicles · every E350 year · method

Mercedes-Benz E350 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.17 per 1,000

0.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 11 complaints filed in the first three years, of 217 ever. 95% lower bound 0.07.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.218
20090.073
20100.2915
20110.138
20120.1711
20130.2215
20140.4732
20150.085
20160.2312

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 84 complaints

recall7791%
takata recall5565%
confirms parts3946%
tool confirms3946%
confirms3946%
recall notification3238%

When it breaks

20% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,000 miles, from 69 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Rear brake line failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10434134 · 10458487 · 10472816 · 10500939 · 10522355 · 10541747

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.