21V638000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An incorrect air bag may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
2011 MERCEDES BENZ E350
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 263 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints263
Complaints citing a crash14
Complaints citing a fire2
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 5 of 5
19V010000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V363000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V081000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
12V557000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
If the fuel filter flange cracks, it will leak fuel which may lead to a fire if an external ignition source is present.
What owners report most
- 107AIR BAGS
- 28FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 18UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16SUSPENSION
- 13ENGINE
- 13SERVICE BRAKES
- 11STEERING
- 11STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 MERCEDES BENZ E350s 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.