11V496000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
DIESEL FUEL MAY BE DEPOSITED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH.
2011 MERCEDES BENZ E
4 safety recall campaigns, 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash2
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 4 of 4
11V213000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE WORKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DURING ENGINE OPERATION, THE DAMPER RING COULD STRIKE AND INJURE THE PERSON REPAIRING THE VEHICLE OR A BYSTANDER.
10V540000
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL FILTER
DIESEL FUEL MAY BE DEPOSITED ON ROADS AND MAKING THOSE ROADS SLIPPERY, INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH.
10V459000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
OWNERS MAY NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IN AREAS, SUCH AS PARKING LOTS, WHERE MAXIMUM POWER STEERING IS REQUIRED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
What owners report most
- 3POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 3TIRES
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- 1AIR BAGS
- 1STEERING
- 1STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 MERCEDES BENZ Es 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.