21V072000
COMMUNICATION
A disabled eCall system would prevent a vehicle occupant from contacting emergency services through the call center in an emergency, potentially delaying emergency responders and increasing the risk of injury.
2018 MERCEDES BENZ E 300
7 safety recall campaigns, 47 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints47
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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 6 of 7
21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
20V449000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Without the audible tone and blinking warning light to remind the front seat occupants that their seat belts are not buckled, they may forget to buckle their seat belt, increasing their risk of injury in the event of a crash.
19V788000
SEAT BELTS
The electric PRE-SAFE®-function and the seat belt pretensioners may not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
18V850000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
A car that cannot be properly steered has an increased risk of a crash.
18V725000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
If the battery is shorted, the emergency door unlocking would be deactivated for an outside responder and the short circuit could increase the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 9ENGINE
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 4STEERING
- 2FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
- 2STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2WHEELS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 MERCEDES BENZ E 300s 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.