Check Engine Light On Problems of Mercedes Benz E350 - part 1

2007 Mercedes Benz e 350. Consumer writes in regard to illuminated check engine light.

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Failed cam selenoid triggered check engine light. Throwing codes because oil has traveled into the wire harness. Body/wire harness replacement as well as affected 02 sensors from oil saturation.

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The contact owns a 2012 mercedes-benz E350. The contact stated that at start-up, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to mercedes-benz of sacramento (1810 howe Ave, sacramento, CA 95825) where the vehicle was diagnosed with a defective O2 sensor. The contact stated that before agreeing to the repair, he requested that the mechanic inspect the camshaft sensor for a possible link to the failure. The contact was informed that failure had in fact started with the defective camshaft sensor and spread to the O2 sensors and wiring harness. The contact was then given an estimate for the repairs. The manufacturer had been notified of failure and offered financial assistance for the repair but offered no additional assistance. The repair was still pending. The failure mileage was 87,000.

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This vehicle is a threat to my health with all the problems I'm having with it. I have to press extra had to stop . Had brakes checked and there was no problem. There is a bad gasoline leak and loud smell of gas when I fill up. Looked under rear seat and saw gas on gas tank. Dried gas up and the big puddle returned. Can I drive this car? I need someone to tell me what to do. The last and most worrisome thing to me is that there are 2 dtc codes coming up causing the check engine light to come on. Had mechanic to clear then but they come right back when car is started. I need to get this car inspected. Someone tell me what to do. Mechanic said that the code indicate a problem with the engine and that it might take $8700 to repair every thing. I dont have that type of money. This is the car makers problem. Who is looking out for me. Is the goverment doing there job when it comes to this car. Heard there are more cars like this. Oh this is a 2006 mercedes E350. Will the goverment, dealer or manufacturer buy this car from me. This is a plea for help from anywhere. They say there is a recall on this car but when it came out there was 1 year left on car warranty before it ran out. The car didn't quit running when the stalling to repair these cars took place. Some one is in someones back pocket. Someone needs to do their job and get this problem taken care of once and for all. You may lose some friends in the process but this is better than someone losing their life. This vehicle has haad problems stationary and while moving.

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Mercedes-benz v6 m272 engines have timing chain problems caused by balance shaft failures which mercedes has known about for year. Faulty gears wear out prematurely, excessively, and without warning, causing the vehicle to malfunction, the 'check engine light' to remain illuminated, and the vehicle to misfire or stop driving. Weak materials were used for the balance shaft sprockets and the timing chain guide, mercedes never contacted its owners about the defect which can cause the engine to halt and the car to stop mid-traffic. The check engine light comes on the vehicle at every start, throwing a p0016 and p0017 trouble code, which returns even after clearing and restart. After going to several mechanics, all have noted that the balance shaft (within the engine) requires repair an issue mercedes has know about for several years, and had even issued its mechanics with service bulletins (April 23, 2009, see attached), but has never notified its car owners of the hazardous driving during any of its service at the dealership or has not notified with any other communication. Engines with serial numbers lower than m272 engine serial no. 2729. . 30 468993 have the defective parts at manufacture, which is affecting my mercedes vehicle.

The vehicle has only 50k miles. I am the only owner and I purchased the vehicle in 2010 (new) with only 9 miles. I have completed all required services to date. In may I had the ab service complete and the check engine light was on. I was told it was likely due to the need of having the spark plugs change based on time not mileage. Now I am being told the outcome of the check engine light on is due to a misfire code for cylinder one, failed sds compression test. Cylinder one failed cylinder leak down test at 80%. Exhaust valve seats failing causing exhaust valves not to fully close. We are unable to repair the valve seat on cylinder head and it is necessary to replace passenger side cylinder head. Only camshafts and cam adjusters can be transferred. New head will come with new valves. There are repeated reports from other owners with this same issue-resulting in enormous repair cost. This is a defect and mercedes-benz need to consume the cost, especially since the vehicle has less than $50k miles.

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I have check engine light on, nobody "mechanic" know to fix this problem. I have codes: 1-p0016 2-p0017 3-p2195 4-p2198 5-p0171 6-p0174.

I have a benz E350 2006 with 60k miles. My check engine light went on and I was told it was the balance shaft gear problem. Mercedes-benz had a class action lawsuit complaint filed for this issue for some of their cars with this problem as well as faulty engines & idle gears. There are more than 100000 cars from 2005 to 2007 model years with this problem and they managed to get away without issuing a recall. What surprises me is even with the class action suit, they pay only 30% of the repair cost. Dealership estimate for this repair is $7500. They have to remove the entire engine/motor and open it up to replace the small part. . Read more...

Our 2009 mercedes E350 has only 39,574 miles on it. On October 26, 2016, the check engine light came on, the vehicle started shaking, and there was no power when accelerating. It was towed to the mercedes dealership in arcadia, CA. We were told by the dealership that the cam adjuster was defective and would need to be replaced at a cost of $2,671. Because the car has been driven for less than 40,000 miles, we asked the dealership's service and parts director if mercedes would stand behind the quality of their products and help us with the safety issue. He told us to call the mercedes customer service at 800-222-0100. An "executive referral manager" named irene gave us a call and said that the offer from mercedes was a 15% discount. Based on our previous experience, that is the standard discount mercedes gives for its service in cases which do not involve a defective part. Irene told us there was no further discount being offered by mercedes. A search revealed a class action lawsuit filed against Mercedes Benz USA in the united states district court - northern district of California case no. 12-cv-05493 (teh) for persons who have purchased or leased mercedes-benz vehicles model years 2005-2007 equipped with m272 or m273 engines. The suit was settled by mercedes with the plaintiffs who alleged a defect in balance shaft sprockets in m272 (v-6) engines that cause the gears to wear prematurely. The plaintiffs contend that mercedes-benz USA, llc ("mbusa") had a duty to disclose this information to consumers at the time they purchased their vehicles. Based on this conduct, plaintiffs allege claims for violations of the new jersey consumer fraud act, California's consumer legal remedies act and unfair competition law. We believe that this is a safety problem in some E350s which mbusa knows about and that they should repair it for public safety reasons.

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30 Aug. 16 took my 07 E350 with 29427 miles to the dealership because the check engine light came on and the car was hard starting. After arriving I informed the service writer the car had shut down while driving. We were proceeding through a busy major intersection when the car shut down. Luckily it started so we could safely exit the busy major intersection. After a diagnostic test was ran, I was informed the crankshaft hall sensor was defective. Additionally, the engine control unit, engine wiring harness, crank sensor and various other components are oil soaked. I notified Mercedes Benz to be told the car was out of warranty. Mercedes benz should be held accountable for the unsafe defective materials they use. The above issues are a danger to the occupants and general public as well. The defective oil soaked wiring harness is can cause a fire. The car shuts down while driving is dangerous.

When starting the vehicle has a slow start. When in motion the vehicle drives rough, and cuts off, then the check engine light came on. This vehicle has a great maintenance record only serviced at the mercedes dealer and has 0nly 54000 miles. This is clearly an engineering issue which was a safety issue. Mercedes repaired. They found the camshaft damaged, head damaged, and gear damaged and replaced camshaft and gear only. They charged my for their engineering failures $4874. 38. For this engineering and safety faikure I believe this vehicle should be recalled before the lost health and life is lost, and owners should be recompense for the damage.

I bought a 2010 E350 mb in November of 2015 as a birthday gift. My 3rd week of own it the check engine light came on and keeps going on and off. Brought it back to the dealer where I bought it and told me to bring it to mb. Turn out to be heck engine light due to faulty camshaft adjuster solenoid on mercedes-benz E350. Why is their no recall on this, it cost $8,000. 00 to get it fixed?.

My 2010 E350 check engine light comes on and off but mostly on for 5 days out of 1 week, 2 days off. Been doing this since I got it bought it in Nov of 2015. I was told by other owners that this may cost up to $8/12gs to get it fix. Why there wasn't a recall for this? please expand, anyone??????.

The contact owns a 2006 mercedes-benz E350. While driving approximately 45 to 50 mph, the vehicle approached a ramp and applied the brakes. Messages on the instrument panel illuminated that read "reduced brake pressure and depress brake fully", "traction control", "abs", and "check engine lights". In addition, the steering wheel locked up when the brakes were applied. The vehicle was pulled over, turned off, restarted, and driven home. The failure recurred. The vehicle was driven to a mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission and engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 129,000.

Po16, po17 needs to replace balanceshaft timing chain will cost 8-10k. Engine will fail if not replaced . There is a notice on this. Check engine light stays on. Mercedes refues to pay , cover cost when it is manufacturer defect. The engine should last longer.

Balance shaft manufacturing defect causes gear teeth to wear prematurely. This is a internal engine component. Poor materials caused the camshaft sprocket teeth to wear out – thus this is a manufacturing problem. Internal engine components like balance shaft sprockets are meant to last at least 150000 miles on mb cars – thus they are difficult to replace & repairs so expensive. Symtpom starts with camshaft position related check engine light - repair costs $7000. This occurs for many many many cars with that m272 engine. This is a environmental and safety hazard. Mercedes should be forced to do a recall. . Read more...

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle jerked and stalled as the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that in order for the vehicle to be restarted, the key had to be taken out of the ignition and re inserted. The problem recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the balace shift and crank shaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000. Oo.

Check engine light comes on shortly after fill up of gasoline. Light goes out when tank is about 1/2. Repeats at next fill up. Check engine code is p0456: evap system very small leak.

Check engine light came on. Took the vehicle to the local dealer and they found codes 1200, 1208, p0016 and p0017. Worn balance shaft sprocket. Doing research online turns out there are hundreds and hundreds of affected mb customers. Mercedes knew of this problem as early as 2007 but has not publicly addressed this issue or issued a recall. The bill to fix this issue is over $4,000, some people report the dealer quoting them over $10,000. My price to fix this is $5,995. My complaint is that this is a known issue by mercedes. Knowingly they installed, and kept installing, parts that wear out prematurely leaving customers with an unfairly large bill to correct their mistake.

The contact owns a 2007 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where a diagnostic was performed, which located the failure at the engine crank shaft sensor. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 81,000 and the current mileage was 82,000.

Took in vehicle for check engine light. I was told that one of the cam magnets needed to be replaced (advised to have all 4 replaced). According to service adviser this is a very common problem for 2007 and prior year e-class vehicles and that the cam magnets have been redesigned to fix this issue. The complete replacing of the 4 cam magnets was more than $600 for service (before taxes). The service adviser also stated the other problem this vehicle consecutively comes in for is a faulty gas tank that is prone to crack which required the gas tank to be replaced. Mercedes-benz should clearly address the above issues on this vehicle.

The contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz e-350. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle jerked and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the cam shaft needed to be rebuilt. The manufactured was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage and current mileage was 64,000.

Check engine light comes on and when check indicates cam sensor problem. I was told that mercedes knows about this problem.

I have appr. 64,0000 miles on my mercedes E350 and the check engine light came on. Sent it to the mercedes dealership and said that the car had a balance shaft problem. Sold me the car in 2008. Service bulletins were out since 2007. Mercedes will only help minimally with the cost. Total cost so far is $3750. 00. To much for me. Told mercedes that I would have to drive around in a defective vehicle with my family and asked the rep. If that was safe, he replied "no". Rep. Said that there was no campaign out on this problem. Something needs to get done before casualties occur.

Car was acting wield while driving at 55 or 65 mph on freeway for sometimes and suddenly engine got kill off completely on freeway 57 and I was almost got kill with this benz. The car check engine light went on for a few days and then went off again and I don't know what is that means so I had the car scan check for problem but it showed nothing on computer. After the incident, I has it rescan again, and it showed a p0025 problem code pointing it to a faulty part "cam shaft retard on bank 2". On the next day I was googling to check out what is the p0025 code mean and then I had noticed that this type of faulty cam shaft part has been long awared with many of the drivers. This is a very dangerous and very unsafe issue and I am filing a complain for this to the mercedes manufacturer to have this resolve ASAP.

After refueling, I noticed a strong odor of gasoline in the garage where I park my car. After driving the vehicle a few miles and parking in the garage, the odor was no longer there. I started noticing a pattern that whenever I refueled the vehicle, there was a strong odor of gasoline in the garage that dissipated once the vehicle was driven a few miles. Right after I started noticing the gas smell, the vehicle check engine light came on. I recently had the vehicle checked by an authorized Mercedes Benz service center who stated gas tank has crack at the top and is leaking fuel. The entire tank and all the components will need to be replaced at $3,000. I mentioned that there are a lot of other vehicles with this problem and a couple of class action lawsuits and it appears that the vehicle's gas tank is defective. The service technician refused to repair the components under any campaign or recall.

Balance shaft failure. At 57,700 miles the check engine light on with codes 1200/1207 also known as p0016 and p0017. The balance shaft sprocket is excessively worn due to manufacturer defect known by Mercedes Benz USA to be due to poorly hardened metal in the manufacture of this part. May cause complete engine failure and loss of power. Manufacturer refused to offer any assistance in correcting the defect.

Check engine light came on. Vehicle was taken to dealership and they informed me that the balance shaft gear, exhaust camshaft position timing problem was happening. Cost to repair is $7000. Was told the issue was normal wear and tear. Started to investigate online and found out this is a widespread problem.

I had so many problem with my mercedes E350, but when the engine light was on I couldn't believe was the balance shaft. It was in warranty so I didn't pay a cent but when they returned the car back was not the same any more, the tail light was cracked and the a/c opening are inside. The car is not any more the same, sometimes is shaking, and has so many other problems. I saw online that mercedes has to many cars with this defects that brings more problems, so I'm asking what are you waiting for a recall??????.

When I fill up my gas tank, there is a strong fuel odor. After driving about 30 miles the odor goes away. Took it to the dealer and it was a crack in the upper portion of the fuel tank. This looks to be the exact same issue as many other E350 owners. Total cost for the repair was $2,100. Additionally my check engine light comes on and off randomly. Dealership said it was the camshaft adjusters that need to be replaced. Again, seems to be issues with numerous other owners. My Jeep which was half the price has had less problems than my 2007 E350.

My check engine light is on so I took it to the mb dealer and they stated that it was a balance sensor located inside the engine and it cost $7000. 00 to fix cause the entire engine has to be taken out, my car only has 70,000 miles and I have noticed that many people are complaining about this issue with their mb cars as well. There are hundreds of people complaining about this problem with their benz and therfore there should have been some recall on it by now.

The contact owns a 2006 mercedes-benz E350. The contact stated the check engine light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who stated that the cam shaft was unbalanced and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 158,510.

Check engine light came on then went off. Took to the dealer told code was for gear in the balance shaft and that the job would be $6000. Told me it was normal wear and tear but they were willing to pay 50%. If normal wear why would they even pay. Car had 93k miles. See that this is a 2006 mercedes E350 issue and not just wear. Need to have a recall. See there is a class action lawsuit in progress against this faulty part.

I just was advised by my mercedes only independent garage that the on-going cel on my 2006 E350 (48000 miles) is for the camshaft wear mentioned in this lawsuit. The mechanic advises repair cost is $6200. He has the bulletin and has seen this issue in multiple cars. I will be complaining to the NHTSA and hoping NHTSA can recover my damages for this obvious and known defect. Check engine lights star diagnosis indicated : code 1200 and 1208 ( p0016 and p0017) for mb E350 2006 48000 mil mercedes has known about this problem since 2007 and has failed to notify any owners of the problem. Probably because the repair is so expensive ranging from $4,000-$8,000 and with most, the problem doesn't show up until after the warranty has expired. So it's a win-win situation for mercedes. I don't feel all warm and fuzzy inside because mercedes offered to put a little "goodwill cash" towards a repair that cost me thousands that they should have covered in full. And their 2 "rules" for qualifying for "goodwill assistance" for the repair has nothing to do with the repair. It's not preventable. If your vehicles falls between the serial numbers, your balance shaft will fail. On facebook specifically for the balance shaft you can get information and a number of vehicles affected. . Read more...

2006 Mercedes Benz E350 4matic wagon. Check engine light diagnosis. Camshaft timing retarded. Vehicle needs balance shaft gear (worn out). Estimated cost of repair - $5,643. 00. Potential catastrophic incident could happen at anytime. Vehicle could mess up gear/timing chain and cause engine to fail and loss of all power related to engine.