E 220 Amg Line Edition D Auto

Recent owner-reported faults

1. 5 Feb 2021

   Report of AdBlue system failure on 2016 E220d at 38,250 miles. AdBlue was topped up from just a touch below half to full. MBUK will not offer any financial help because the owner has had car serviced outside of the Mercedes-Benz dealer network.

2. 20 Oct 2020

   Report of alloy wheel peeling on 2017 E Class. Owner had upgraded to 18-inch wheels in tremolite grey. At worst the coating is peeling off and at best the wheels have white blemishes. The dealer has applied for a goodwill warranty with Mercedes-Benz UK, but this has been rejected.

3. 9 Jan 2020

   Report of December 2018 Mercedes Bez E400D over-revving "approx 40-50% of the time, always from cold but also when the engine is hot. Occurs when the car is idling and also whilst driving. Gear changes during a journey are at much higher revs than when the car is revving normally. Fuel consumption is poor." Car has done 9,500 miles and problem started after 1,000 miles.

4. 5 Jan 2020

   Report of 2019 Mercedes-Benz W213 E250d BlueEfficiency cabriolet needing fresh brake discs and pads after 1500 miles. Owner's previous identical car was replaced because it went through two sets of discs and pads in a fortnight. First symptom is after driving for more than about an hour you owner feels the car judder under braking both heavy and light.

5. 12 Nov 2019

   Report of just-purchased 7500 mile 2017 Mercedes Benz E43AMG suffering front tyre 'jumping' when on lock. Currently has Continental 245/35 R20 tyres fitted.

6. 31 Oct 2019

   Report of erratic oil usage of July 2018 Mercedes-Benz E220 D 1,950cc estate. Car was purchased in February 2019 with 3,000 miles, which indicates it had been sitting around. A day or two after purchase, the oil warning light lit. The light would appear every day or every other day but not until the the engine reached normal operating temperature.

7. 11 Sep 2019

   Report of "brand new" (presumed 59 reg) Mercedes Benz E300 D catching fire. It broke down. Owner called Mercedes roadside assistance, which sent RAC to check the car. After 2hours of checking could not find a fault, then RAC man drove the car and it was fine again so he said take it to Mercedes tomorrow and left. Owner was 40 miles from home so got back on the motorway, but after roughly 15 miles it started jerking again so he pulled over and opened the bonnet and saw fire underneath the engine. By the time the fire brigade arrived 50% of the car was on fire.

8. 3 Aug 2019

   Report of engine warning lights appearing repeatedly in leased 2017 Mercedes-Benz E Class 3.0 E350d BlueTEC 9G-Tronic Auto. Car has been back to MB dealer 6 times, stayed with them for 1 month on one occasion, but problem still returns. MB FInance is asking for a £5,000 penalty for early return of the car.

9. 21 May 2019

   Irritating issue reported with 2017 Mercedes-Benz E350d BlueTEC 9G-Tronic Auto. Car drives well but from new has displayed an amber engine warning light. Owner took it back few times to Mercedes Benz service to check. Twice he was told it is due bumps in the road, until the automatic transmission failed late in 2018. Mercedes emergency service took the car, kept it for almost one month and reassured owner that the fault was in the exhaust and was eliminated. A few weeks later the amber warning light is permanently on again. Will require AdBlue. Could be that the owner simply isn't driving it far enough to trigger active regeneration of the DPF.

10. 19 Oct 2018

    Report of vibration while braking on approved used W213 Mercedes E220d AMG Line after 5,000 miles. Dealer changed discs and brakes but after driving for 2,000 same problem again so they changed discs and pads again. Now they are saying may be problem in hubs. Car is at 25,000 miles.

11. 7 Sep 2018

    Fault with September 2016 Mercedes Benz E220d (12-4-2018) turned out to be that stop start does not work is that electrical power diverted to aircon which was set at low temperature thus prioritising power to air con. Oil leak now from camshaft cover.

12. 28 Aug 2018

    Report of crease appearing in offside front wing of March 2018 Mercedes Benz E-Class after 3 months; no abrasions or markings on the paintwork. Owner paid £300 to have it rectified. Now, in August 2018, a similar crease has appeared in the nearside wing in exactly the same place.

Source: honestjohn.co.uk · 16 reports indexed, top 12 shown