Four problems related to power train have been reported for the 2003 Mercedes Benz E500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl-the contact owns a 2003 mercedes E500. The contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, the vehicle geared down without notice and the brakes became inoperable. The contact was able to pull over and shut off the vehicle. The vehicle was able to restart and the brake malfunction light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000. Ed.
Recently purchased this 2003 mb E500 while driving along the vehicle began to stutter and shake @ around 1500 rpm, this occurred continually. Made it home and googled this problem and found out that this is a common problem for this vehicle due to a leak in the coolant system that somehow gets into the transmission,causing it to become contaminated which produces this fierce/potential dangerous stutter/jerking. To my surprise, Mercedes Benz is fully aware of this hazard and has not had a recall/bulletin to fix this common problem, leaving this expensive repair cost on the consumer. The vehicle cost is expensive enough and to have to make this costly repair is unfair.
Back in July of 2012 my car started to get sluggish , missing and jerking I took it to the dealer they told me they could not get the car to repeat the problem, then after talking with them they said yes they could feel it then told me it was suspension almost 5k to repair , so I decided to do some research and to find out this car had trans problems where the radiator was leaking into the trans , (a problem they know about) so I called my service adviser to discus the problem to hear them say OH yeah its a problem , really? you were just gonna charge me 5k to fix something that wasn't a problem now its the trans really, well it turns out it will cost 10k plus to fix this and benz USA will not pay for this or the dealer first you cant trust any dealer they will try to rip you off also the dealer or benz USA should be fixing this problem its a hazard when driving then will leave you stranded and they want to make you pay big dollars that is a benz problem not the consumer , what can we do to make these guys fix this / these cars?? please help.
I have an 03 mercedes E500. At about 65000 ml I had glycol in my transmission due to radiator failure. I took it to mercedes sarasota and they said it will cost $5000 and they have to change the radiator and the transmission. I was reading the mercedes world forum and I see that lot of people had the same problem. At the and cost me $3000 at aamco. I hope mercedes will issue a recall for this problem.