YearsTell

all vehicles · every E350 year · method

Mercedes-Benz E350 2014

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

0.47 per 1,000

2.3 times this nameplate’s own median · from 32 complaints filed in the first three years, of 277 ever. 95% lower bound 0.31.

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

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

33% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 47,200 miles, from 101 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

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:

10551134 · 10554630 · 10557845 · 10578773 · 10595220 · 10605362

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.