2003 Mercedes Benz E500 suspension problems

Filed Apr 21, 2024 · Suspension · AZ

Air suspension in the rear suddenly failed making it impossible to drive, also triggered a red warning of "stop, car too low"

Filed Jul 22, 2021 · Suspension · 139,000 miles · MN

The contact owns a 2003 Mercedes-Benz E500. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the air bag suspension detached from the subframe which caused the shock to lean into the tire. The rear driver’s side wheel ceased turning. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer nor an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 139,000.

Filed Mar 16, 2019 · Suspension · 90,378 miles · CA · 1 injury

Air suspension lower caused car stopped while driving. This air suspension has serious problem needs recall due to defective design. Springs have been replaced several times with the same problem. This problem will cause accidents while driving.

Filed Dec 15, 2017 · Suspension · CA

Air suspension - the entire vehicle has fallen almost to the ground due to defective air suspension(front and rear). This started within a year after I purchased the vehicle from a mercedez benz dealership but did not realize how serious the problem was until the last couple of years. As of today, the air does not pump into the car and therefore it's low to the ground.

Filed May 3, 2017 · Suspension · 140,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercedes-benz e500. While the vehicle was parked, the "stop driving" and "vehicle driving low" warning messages displayed. While sitting in the vehicle, the contact noticed that the front driver side seemed low. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front air suspension needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Filed Nov 10, 2016 · Suspension · NJ

Driving a car in vehicle went down saying is too low

Filed Oct 12, 2016 · Suspension · CA

While driving, the warning light car to low. Stop driving.

Filed Dec 19, 2015 · Suspension · 119,340 miles · NC

My car has dropped down very low on top of my tires when I started my car up on the dash was a red warning light saying stop car is too low. My car drove fine the day before the next morning while sitting under my carport it was very low.

Filed Nov 30, 2015 · Suspension · 100,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercedes benz e500. While driving at 30 MPH, the stop car warning light illuminated and the front suspension failed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to be inspected. The contact was informed that both front airmatic suspensions needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Feb 21, 2015 · Suspension · 85,656 miles · CA

Car display panel showed "stop, car too low". The front left portion of the car was low and the tire almost touched the tire fender. Tried to drive the car to shop but can hear the tire scratched the fender when made turns. Towed the car to shop next day. Shop told me the air suspension was bad and needed to replace strut and recommended to replace both front two struts. This could be a very dangerous situation if it happened on freeway. Car could loose balance at high speed. Tire could bust at high speed. Checked online and saw many people had same problems. Now I remember that a friend in taiwan has collected more than 500 mercedes struts in his shop. He told me that this had been a well known problem for mercedes 500 series. Why mercedes did not recall cars for repair??? Too expensive and can not afford to do it for mercedes?? It cost me $2,850 to replace the front two struts. The federal safety agency should investigate it.