One problem related to ball joint has been reported for the 2003 Mercedes Benz E320. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I have a 2003 mercedes E320 which I bought from coggin motormall in ft. Pierce. I have put only 5000 miles on car and it has been in shop 2 times. First the front thrusts and rods were bad and now the car is stalling on me, once with my son in car. When the car stalls, I lose all control of the vehicle and have almost been killed in these 2 failures. It has stalled on me 4 times and now I refuse to drive this car and now the ball joints are bad. I hear that there is a recall on the struts and joints 200901002 ?? the car once came on and said rear brake failure as well. How does a car dealership sell a vehicle to a customer with knowing that it could kill a family? they said they inspected it. . This is going to kill me and my son. . Solve that, I wont drive this car. . Mercedes really needs to do something about these dangerous things. . It is going to cost another 1000 dollars to fix and I cant afford it.