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2014 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 — SUSPENSION

fire · 2223632 · 2026-07-08

Vehicle

Make
MERCEDES-BENZ
Model
E350
Year
2014
Manufacturer
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Component
SUSPENSION

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

Vehicle subframe corrosion (manufacturer extended warranty offered). Rear brake lines corroded/leaking. Vehicle leaks fuel; steel fuel line corroded. Vehicle has about 105k miles. Minor fire started when yard maintenance came in contact with fuel saturated ground where vehicle had been parked/moved out of the way just prior. With rear suspension subframe springs corroded, vehicle bottom can contact road surface while driving, scraping steel exhaust with fuel present. EXTREMELY dangerous. Local Sunbury Ohio Mercedes dealership inspected then offered subframe replacement. Stated it was leaking fuel and not hydraulic fluid we originally thought. Brake, suspension and fuel line corrosion repairs were quoted in excess of $4,000, which was a "great deal" according to them "because the subframe would already be removed and would make it much easier."

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11749054
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown