Power steering went out while driving/malfunctioned. This apparently affects other E-Class models, but mine is not among those listed in the recall.
2014 Mercedes-Benz E350 steering complaints
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The rear sub-frame involving vehicle stability under braking and turning. A component that should remain attached to the vehicle has broken off due to corrosion. My vehicle is not that old that a key structural component of the car should break at the weld/attachment point. I have video of this defect. But its greater than 10MB and will not let me upload it is there an email I can send it to ?
Have purchased a 2014 mercedes E350 59k miles. This vehicle has an issue as so do many Mercedes with their rear subframes rotted out at the control arm bracket which causes the rear link/thrust arm to detach from the subframe/axle carrier and posses a danger when breaking due to the rear spindle assembly flexing throwing the wheels out of alignment and could be at risk for a car crack. This vehicle has already been in a minor crash as a result of this issue. I personally have not brought it to Mercedes to get it diagnosed inspected or the police law enforcement but there are many cases online on the Mercedes Benz forums to which this has also happened to. This issue applies to other Mercedes models ranging from 2010 all the way to 2016. Videos of the exact vehicle brought to an independent shop available upon request.
The Height adjustment of electric steering column adjustment sticks in adjustment position at the top limit stop. This has been fixed twice!
Takata passenger air bag has still not been replaced, nor has a time frame been established. Driver air bag system was modified and now the steering wheel no longer goes up & down.
Tl* the contact owns 2014 mercedes-benz e350. The contact stated while reversing, the gear shifter failed to release from park. The contact restarted the vehicle and the gear shifter failed to release from the reverse position into drive. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to mercedes-benz of coconut creek (4250 fl-7, coconut creek, fl 33073, (954) 406-1167) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the steering control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 37,800.*ln*jb consumer stated malfunction happened several times.
My steering wheel will not telescope up/down. I have had this repaired 2x's in the past 3 years. 5/2017, 6/2018, 8/2019, 12/2020 additionally, the blind spot assist notification goes off when there's not a car around me. Typically happens when I'm driving and go down a slight decline in the road.
Recall notices and failure to provide a remedy for steering column issues, etc. Which present potential for dangerous airbag deployment, have surfaced no resolution. Dealerships have ignored questions and representatives have been hostile when asked about numerous safety issues.
While driving the vehicle at 40mph on a city street, all warning lights suddenly came on and the motor stalled. The vehicle lost all steering, braking and speed control. The vehicle had to be removed from the road by a tow truck. It was a dangerous situation as the vehicle lost all controls while in motion. The vehicle was locked in park and dash warning of "pre-safe conditions, do not shift."
Electric steering failed while driving on a city street. Almost crashed, wife's car, I was driving. She would never have been able to turn the steering wheel to safely get the car off the road.. Steering failure alert came on dash. Weekend, problem not diagnosed yet. A web site shows that there was a factory recall for this problem with cars built between aug. 2013 to aug. 2015. Bad electric motors. Car has 32,000 miles
'steering wheel malfunction' display while driving. The steering wheel couldn't be turned. I could either go straight or reverse, but could not turn the steering wheel. I was driving out of my neighborhood, all of the sudden, the display popped up, before I was going down the curvy hill. This is dangerous that it can just happen while you drive. It can take someone's life if drive out on the freeway at a high speed and the steering wheel cannot be turned. It is also dangerous for me to stop in the middle of the street in my neighborhood because I couldn't turn left or right to even park the car safely. I was lucky that the display popped up and the steering wheel malfunction occurred before I drive down the curvy hill to get on the freeway. Had this happened when I got on the curvy hill or the freeway, a potential death accident could have occurred.
While driving the onboard computer failed resulting in all the warning lights going on and disabling the power steering. My mechanic determined that it was due to the blind spot sensors which are located in the rear bumper going bad because of salt corrosion. Wrote to mercedes but have not received even a response. See the attached letter in the documentation section.
Power steering malfunction (cannot turn but the power was still on. The screen in front of driver's seat also showed the message.) suddenly happened in a second when I drove in a low speed (around 25-30). I was very very lucky enough to slide my car slowly by the curb since the traffic was not heavy. I got my car towed to the dealer which I just finished my yearly maintenance 10 days ago. They found my car's computer had a bug. They re-programmed my car's computer in the next day. The problem has solved so far. This had happened about 2 weeks ago. I googled to find this problem seems happened a few times before but no recall. I did the maintenance with the dealer every year. Due to the defect and dealer's negligence, my life had seriously threatened by this critical situation. I would urge you to investigate the severity for this case to avoid other accidents happening.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mercedes-benz e350. While the vehicle was stopped, the steering ability seized and the power steering indicator illuminated. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The contact called mercedes-benz at quirk auto park (327 hogan rd, bangor, me 04401, 207‑299‑1641) and was informed that there was no recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 23,500.
Takata airbags: warning lights constantly come on and go off indicating: "passenger airbag inoperative" & steering column module ground: recall notice give, but no parts available to fix - this is not acceptable
My electrical power steering stop working while I was driving. On dash"power steering malfunction-check user's manual" I was about get crash, luckly . Pulled over safely. Barely can turn the power steering. I try to drive next day,still not working.
My claim # is10691110 the lane control does not function consistantly. Sometimes when you cross a line, the rear brake on the opposite side of the car automatically applies bringing the car back to the center of the lane, other times it doesn't. I demonstrated this to the maintenance mgr. With no satisfaction. I've discussed with a case mgr on several times, with no satisfaction. I've written the pres of mercedes on two occassions, who referred my concern back to the same case mgr. Who says it is functioning as designed,in spite of the fact I demonstrated to the dealer maint. Supervisor that it doesn't.I asked for a regional person to ride with me so I could demonstrate the inconsistancy of the way it functions. I was denied my request. The federal safety agency seems to be my only hope for getting my safety concern resolved for me and any others who may have the same problem. The problem was demonstrated on state rt. 33 in dublin oh. With painted road lines that were consistint. I have many notes of additional detail if wanted.
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