Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
38
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-02-21 | 95V031000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | 50,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WIRE HARNESS DECAY, DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *TR |
| 2010-05-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE OCCASIONALLY STALLING AT ANY SPEED INCLUDING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. MECHANIC TRACED TO DEFECTIVE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS… |
| 2009-04-12 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E320. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AT T… |
| 2009-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1. POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE, UNSAFE DRIVABILITY, HESITATION AND STALLING. 2. FREQUENCY OF PROBLEM IS VERY OFTEN. QUA… |
| 2008-12-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E-320. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL WHEN APPR… |
| 2008-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I TURNED ON THE SWITCH OF MY 1994 E320 MERCEDES NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD ON PASSENGER SIDE. OPENED HOOD IT … |
| 2008-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CRUMBLING ENGINE WIRING HARNESS IN MY CAR. I'VE COLLECTED AND RESTORED CARS FOR MANY YEARS, AND FIND THIS MANUFACTURING… |
| 2008-07-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E320 WAGON AND THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS INSULATION IS COMPLETELY FAILING. THIS RESULTED I… |
| 2008-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 6 | IN MY 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E320, THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAS COMPLETELY DEGRADED IN SOME PARTS, CAUSING THE INDIVIDUALL… |
| 2008-06-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I OWN A 1994 MB E320,MY ASR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS,TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM I ADDED A FUEL ADDITIVE … |
| 2008-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1994 MERCEDES-BENZ E500 ENGINE WIRE HARNESS FAILURE. WIRES HAVE DISINTEGRATED IN THE MAIN HARNESS RUN FOR THE ENGINE. S… |
| 2008-02-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MERCEDES BENZ E320 YEAR 1994. MECHANIC SAYS I HAVE A DEFECTIVE ENGINE HARNESS. CAR SPARKS AND CAUGHT FIRE ONCE WHEN STA… |
| 2007-12-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS PREMATURE WEAR DRAMATICALLY. *TR |
| 2007-07-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | AUTO FIRE , TOTAL LOSS. *TR |
| 2007-06-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1994 MERCEDES E320 WAS INVOLVED IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS FAILURE - INSULATION WAS CRACKING AND PEELING OFF AND … |
| 2007-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1994 E320 ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DETERIORATED. ALL INSULATION ON WIRES CRACKED AND BROKEN OFF. THE WIRE FUSED TOGETHER.… |
| 2007-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1993 400E MERCEDES BENZ - ENGINE WIRING HARNESS INSULATION IS CRACKING, CAUSING FALSE ENGINE LIGHT CODES. WIRING H… |
| 2007-05-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FAILURE OF ENGINE WIRING HARNESS, CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL ON FREEWAY.*AK |
| 2007-01-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS WHEN TRYING TO QUICKLY EXIT BUSY FREEWAY. TOOK CAR TO M… |
| 2006-12-24 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH THE CONNECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN CAME LOOSE, … |
| 2006-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | HI, I HAVE A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E320 COUPE. I WAS IN THE SEARCH OF REPAIR ON MY RADIO PROBLEM,THEN I FOUND OUT FROM TH… |
| 2006-10-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING, THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE ENGINE WARNING L… |
| 2006-07-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY 1994 MERCEDES E420 WAS NOT STARTING PROPERLY (ASR LIGHT COMING ON, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS). TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO NO… |
| 2006-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | MB USA REFUSES TO REPLACE FAULTY WIRING HARNESS, THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE. DISINTEGRATES WITH AGE DO TO USE OF SUB-STANDAR… |
| 2006-04-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I NEED A NEW HEAD GASKET TO REPAIR AN OIL LEAK. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THE OIL LEAK HE … |
| 2006-04-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E CLASS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE,… |
| 2006-04-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING LOOM HAS DISINTEGRATED CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUITS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.… |
| 2004-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE MATERIAL AROUND THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEGRADED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS NO LONGER PROTECTING THE WIRING ITSELF… |
| 2004-08-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE UPPER WIRING HARNESS WAS DETERIORATING BADLY AND THE INSULATION HAD DISINTEGRATED COMPLETE… |
| 2004-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1994 MERCEDES BENZ E420- WIRING HARNESS IS DECAYING. THE WIRES ARE BRITTLE AND MELTING TOGETHER. THE INSULATION AROUN… |
| 2003-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 4 MONTHS MY CAR HAS SUDDENLY CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET… |
| 2003-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS ON MY 1994 MERCEDES-BENZ E320 IS CRACKED BECAUSE OF THE USE OF POOR WIRING INSULATION CAUSING… |
| 2002-11-02 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 50 MPH AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN, SUDENNLY THE REAR SWAY BAR FALL APART. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTI… |
| 2002-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED WHILE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A HIGH SPEED MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC… |
| 2002-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MERCEDES BENZ ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. AS MANY ENTHUSIASTS AND OWNERS KNOW, THE MAIN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS IS MOS… |
| 2001-08-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS IS DETERIORATING , THE INSULATION IS COMING OFF , PEELING ,AND I GUESS THIS IS DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT… |
| 2000-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1994 E320 HAD INTERMINTENT RUNNING PROBLEMS. CAR WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING, ESPECIALLY DURING A RAIN OR AFTER WASHING… |
| 2000-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL VISIT… |