Automatic Emergency Braking Problems of Mercedes Benz E300

Mercedes Benz E300 owners have reported 2 problems related to automatic emergency braking (under the forward collision avoidance category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercedes Benz E300 based on all problems reported for the E300.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2017 Mercedes Benz E300

Failure Date: 02/05/2025

The automatic breaking assist is malfunctioning most of the time it just gives me a warning on the dash that it is limited a few times it has bumped the brakes briefly like it was sensing something in front of the car the perimeter sensors are malfunctioning as well like it’s sensing something all around the car very close then those sensors completely shut off and don’t work again until the car is shut off and started again.

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2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2017 Mercedes Benz E300

Failure Date: 01/03/2022

There are three main issues: as the weather got cold here in NJ, whenever the car is started in the morning, there is a strong fuel smell inside the cabin. Also there is a lot of fumes that smell gasoline. I think it is safety issue. The auto braking does not seem to operate right. I do not see any error message, but it had never tried to avoid a collision when I have tried other cars that would have normally applied the brakes in those situations. The garage door opening function does not work as soon as the ignition is turned off. This is an electrical issue in my view.


Other Common Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Mercedes Benz E300

Problem Category Number of Problems
Automatic Emergency Braking problems
2
Forward Collision Avoidance problems
1
Crash Imminent Braking problems
1
Warnings problems
1


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