2003 MERCEDES BENZ E320

2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 281 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints281
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

24V8740002024-11-19

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

A detached sunroof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

19V9180002019-12-20

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

A detached glass panel can separate from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 71FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 57SERVICE BRAKES
  • 19ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 18FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 16AIR BAGS
  • 16SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 10SUSPENSION
  • 7ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2003 MERCEDES BENZ E320s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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