Power Train Problems of Mercedes Benz E350 - part 2

At about 87,000 miles, the car is essentially useless because of a known defect. The balance shaft, engine intake manifold and transmission conductor plate need to be replaced. Mercedes will not take responsibility even though there was a class action lawsuit.

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The engine dies suddenly while driving. Cause unknown. Car will restart without trouble, but the suddenness of the problem is really startling and could be very dangerous on the freeway or on a winding road at speed.

While driving on freeway, engine suddenly revved high and almost red-lined on rpm gauge. Exited freeway and rpm (while lowered) was still high. A 3rd party mechanic diagnosed transmission valve body failure and advised on replacement. This must be a a known issue because mechanic asked that in order to replace the part a valid personal id must be recorded as part of the parts replacement per mercedes.

Car shifting from drive or reverse into park on it's own.

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Vibration when cornering also at certain speeds.

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After driving the car for more than one hour the car will automatically shift into park when speed is below 6mph.

After driving the car for more than an hour the engine will not stop when using keyless go feature.

Faulty valve body on a car with less than 50k miles. Car has been maintained as per dealer recommendations. Transmission fluid had been recently changed 4 months prior. Transition failed in a life threatening manner while driving on a highway. Total loss of control of driving capabilities. Problem resulted in a total of $5585. 29 in a rebuilt transmission and new valve body. Upon researching this seems to be a reoccurring issue with the 722. 9 transmission. A recall should be issued.

Whining sound from the engine. Gets louder as it goes faster. Took it a mbz dealer in lynnwood washington. They said the car needs a new transmission. The car has 57k miles. Dealer says its very unusual. . . . . Steering wheel was very difficult to turn. This happened when turning the corner in a heavy traffic. Took it to a local mechanic and he had to replace a pump?.

Takata recall , oil leak ,electrical harness.

The vehicle intermittently shifts itself from drive to park while moving forward while decelerating at slow speeds (approximately under 5 mph. ) there is a sudden jerk, and everyone / everything in the car is thrown forward as the vehicle jumps to a dead stop. This is quite dangerous and further, can probably cause rapid deterioration of the vehicle. The issue was first presented in January 2017 to the mercedes dealership in reno, nv who could not duplicate the problem, but charged ~$140 for the analysis. They stated that there was no record with mb of such an issue. They also stated that if the issue was later found and repaired, the dealership would credit the evaluation costs. During a trip to salt lake city this week the problem reoccurred several times and I scheduled an appointment at the slc mercedes dealership (ken garff). At today's appointment (3/29/17), the assistant service manager told me that they couldn't duplicate the problem. However, they found a description of this exact issue in the mb database and have a recommended fix. Unfortunately, that fix is over $800 and mercedes will not take and financial responsibility for repairing this, as it is not a "recall. " this is most upsetting, as I view the sudden stopping and transmission change while moving as a safety and a longevity issue for the vehicle. I am planning on taking the vehicle in this week to mb slc and having the prescribed repairs completed. Further, I believe that mercedes-benz should be responsible both ethically and financially for resolving this engineering defect.

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The automatic transmission would not shift properly. Very dangerous. It is a seven speed automatic transmission but seemed to stay in a high gear so the vehicle did not accelerate. It would not go into reverse. It occurred on a major highway. The me dealer said the repair will be about $2300 this should be a recall. Safety hazard.

At 73,480 miles this 2006 mercedes has a faulty conductor plate valve that needs to be replaced. This faulty conductor plate/speed sensor causes the car not to shift from 1st to 2nd gear and instead spins without going into gear. This vehicle has been in motion while this occurs. At stop light, tried to accelerate forward and could not. Shut car off and restarted. Cars in back of me proceeding = dangerous situation to be turning off ignition and restarting car only to move forward! there were also previous occurrences of the same incident.

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.

The transmission conductor plate sensor is defective. I was stuck in either first or second gear. I learn that it was in limp mode. The 722. 9 transmission conductor plate sensor is known to have these issue as I learned from many mercedes owner that have the 7speed tranny. Please advise on this subject to take action on recalling the service for my car. I have 2006 E350,2014ml550,2007 s550. These cars all have the code for the same issue. The code is p0717 and p0718. Thank you for taking action into this matters.

Car was stopped, placed in park on slight rearward incline. Driver was attempting to enter a gate code in a box located near the drivers side door. Driver could not reach the keypad so the door was opened and driver leaned out to enter the code. The car began rolling rearward and dragged the driver out of the car and under the door. The vehicle was stopped by another vehicle behind and inline for the same gate opener. Driver suffered significant injuries and was transported to local hospital. Numerous electronic failures preceded the incident and had been in the dealership for correction both before and after this incident. Failures included aux battery, cpa+ inop, keyless entry failure and others. Physician images of injuries provided upon request. No damage to vehicle/s.

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The vehicle will intermittently go into limp mode with a max speed of 45mph. At a stop vehicle will not accelerate fwd unless transmission is put into park and the vehicle turned off and then re-started. Professional diagnosis suggests the transmission needs to be replaced and this is common for cars with 100k miles or more. Only a mercedes authorized technician with a real time connection to a mercedes server can properly perform this task. This is a sub par design that creates a safety hazard. The repair procedure coupled with the frequency of this serious failure makes this vehicle a lemon. Mercedes benz is totally responsible.

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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.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that while driving at speeds below 10 mph the transmission would suddenly malfunction causing the vehicle to abruptly stop. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78, 000. Jft.

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.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for a routine inspection. The mechanic discovered that the crankshaft position sensor was faulty. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was confirmed that the crankshaft sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 99,700. Jls.

We, my wife and 3 son's were comming down from big bear when it started snowing. Snow got heavy and I was approaching a sharp curve slowed down to about 8miles made the turn nd slowly pressed on the gas peddle, the rpms whent up but the car did not accelerate. I had to stop put the the car in park then turn it of, turn it back on, put it in gear and accelerate slowly. As I looked in the side mirrors, I noticed cars skiding sideways and some hitting the side of the mountain, there was a large 4 wheel drive in back of me so it hid the make of my car and license plate. This has also happend on the freeway when I have to come to a complet stop, then the car will not move but the rpms rev up. Also in the mornings when I go to work the car down shifts extremely hard, seems the transmission is going to break along with my collarbone. Please something has to be done about this Mercedes Benz has now about the defects please before people die.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated while driving 60 mph and cruise control engaged when suddenly the back wheels locked up began to skid long controllably . The contact was luckily able to down shifted into 1st gear. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was able to slowly drive in 1,2,3 and 4th gear successfully. But as soon as the contact shifted into 5th gear the vehicle felt as if the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of this failure. The failure mileage was 120,000. Az.

Submission from constituent re acceleration issue with 2011 E350 blue tech Mercedes Benz. The consumer stated the vehicle did not respond to accelerator input. The problem was intermittent.

The contact owns a 2012 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that the vehicle was secured with the engine turned off when the vehicle rolled away in reverse independently and as the contact was exiting the front driver's side door. The contact was knocked to the ground by the open door, which then crashed into the rear fender of an unoccupied and parked vehicle. The vehicle continued to roll away and came to a stop when encountering a nearby curb. The contact sustained bruises all over the body and required medical attention. A police report was not filed of the incident. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Mercedes Benz E350. While the vehicle was parked and the key was removed from the ignition, the vehicle jerked and rolled backwards before stopping independently. In addition, the contact heard an abnormal noise and the vehicle veered to the left when reversing. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure but made the following repairs: the cover on the front passenger side cylinder head, removed/installed a seal, non-return valve, chain tensioner, sealant mb, flange gasket, hexalobular bolt, the cover on the front driver side cylinder head, removed/installed a seal, left and right secondary drive chain tensioners, front cover cylinder, and the check valve. On another occasion, the vehicle rolled in reverse and crashed into the bumper of another vehicle. The door of the vehicle bruised the contact and medical attention was required. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. A police report was not filed. The dealer was not able to diagnose the failure and the vehicle remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,597.

On the way to work, the check engine light went on. After a few miles, at an intersection, my car jerked and I didn't have enough time to make the signal light. I decided to go back. After I shifted to reverse, the car didn't move back and stopped there totally. I had to turn off the engine and restarted, the car worked. I took the car to the dealer right away, it needs "entire valve body/conductor plate assy-replace and retest" and total cost is $2000.

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.

While driving and changing gears from first to second, at or around 10 - 20 rpm my engine became uncontrollable and jerked sporadically. I could not control the vehicle until it changed into 3rd gear and then began to drive as normal. The car does this repeatedly now until I feel it has become unsafe to drive. The jerking is random so I don't know when to expect it and what to do when it happens. It has caused me to veer off the road occasionally.

The contact owns a 2013 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that while in park with the emergency brake engaged, the "risk of rolling away, not in park" warning message displayed. Additionally, the dashboard display screen failed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,000 and the current mileage was 10,500.

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While driving on an express way in dallas, texas my gps made an error concerning an exit and I was required to divert quickly to the left to make exit lane . Time was 6:00 pm ,heavy traffic conditions and road and weather conditions were excellent and dry. My mercedes pre activated a skid mode and there was approximately a 70% cut back in engine power . A yellow engine light came on and skid mode came on operator screen but there was no skidding taking place. I was helpless with no power to keep up with the 50-60 mph traffic while trying to get into lane . Consequently a semi tractor struck my left rear fender /bumper causing damage to my mercedes. There was no damage to the tractor. According to mercedes the vehicle was supposed to do this as a safety feature. If this is true then they actually in my opinion while developing safety features created another un safe condition where as the semi could have run over my wife and I killing us both. This was truly a near miss and we are very much concerned about it happening again to us or some one else, resulting in a fatal accident, not just a fender bender. Mercedes is in denial concerning any un safe condition and refused to take any responsibility for any damage that this car caused. Please review this vehicle for possible call back before some one does get seriously injured. Perhaps skid mode or traction control may be helpful but engine cut back and power loss needs to be left to the operator not the vehicle controlling it's self. Your help would be graciously appreciated.

The transmission jerks between 3-4 gear up shift change, creating instability on wet or slick road conditions which can cause your car to lose control. Furthermore, the jerking created can create a car accident or injury in low speed, stop an go traffic. Mercedes benz claims it is performing as designed and is not accepting liability for there defective product.

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Car exhibits a rough/unpredictable shifting and acceleration at intermittent intervals. Issue presents itself at random times and at random speeds so it is difficult to recreate at will. Especially dangerous when attempting to pass or avoid hazards at highway speeds; when you press on the gas sometimes there is a long delay before acceleration begins, and then the acceleration is more than expected for the accelerator input. Other times the car acts normally and will respond properly to accelerator inputs. At low speeds shifts from 3 to 4 and 4 to 3 are sometimes abrupt/rough which is not consistent with a car of this caliber. The car also had a rear end shake from new, so dealer replaced rear tires, and then when shaking persisted they replaced the front tires, but there is still a noticeable rear end shake which the dealer attributes to "road feel" due to low profile tires, but I've had automobiles with low profile tires and I am a mechanical engineer, so I know what road feel from a low profile tire is vs shaking which was clearly present otherwise they would not have replaced all four tires. Car has been in and out of the dealer multiple times, but the shaking, and transmission issues persist.

I backed the car out of the garage at my condominium building in sarasota and placed the car in park to remove something from the windshield (I believed the car was in park -- but it could have failed to engage it or I possibly nicked it on my way out of the car). I started to move out of the car, while my right foot was on the brake -- about 90% of my body weight was out of the car and then I took my right foot off the brake. The car started to move backwards and I was sandwiched between the left front door of the car and the car itself -- I dove to the ground to avoid being hit by the door, injuring my left side -- and then I rolled on to my back to avoid the door and then saw the left front wheel heading for both legs -- I tucked and dragged my body away -- the car passed by, missing my two legs by only an inch or two. The car crashed in to the fence of my condominium building. After talking with Mercedes Benz USA, I learned that the car did not have an automatic park feature -- but if I had purchased a keyless go feature, the electronic transmission would have had a feature that would have caused the transmission to go in to park as soon as the standing vehicle door was cracked. No one at my dealer and no one at mbusa service knew that this feature was available -- and then only if the buyer had purchased keyless go. This feature should be on all electronic transmissions from mb -- at a minimum, dealers and prospective customers should have been made aware of this missing safety item and its availability as an extra. Mbusa has told me that this feature cannot be added to my car -- it is only available at the plant of manufacture.

The front inner tires get cupping over the time, I have to replace them every 10,000 miles. All the suspension parts are new put still the problem going on. It is a manufacturing problem with the heavy engine get the load on the power train and with the time it losing and make the tires cupping from the inner side.