WagonGuyW211

My E350 Wagon

Hey so I recently purchased a 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 4matic Wagon from a family friend who is the only owner of the car. The vehicle has about 165550 miles on the odometer and is in prestine condition! I'm curious, does anyone have a e-class with 300,000+ on the odometer?

kajtek1

Beside the engines with balance shaft issues, those cars make 400k miles easy.
There is member on other forum who has W211 with Bluetec and well over 400k.
Enjoy.
Such a car deserves painted garage

WagonGuyW211

Thanks for the advice!! But what about gas engines? Reason I ask is my mom had a diesel benz wagon that went to 500k before getting in a collision that killed the car. But i have not heard about alot of high mileage gas powered e-class.

kajtek1

My late friend was Indy mechanic and he had customer with over 600,000 miles on his gasoline W126.
Latest generation MB do have several issues that IMHO come from injecting new technology, but I have seen couple gasoline W210 with 400k on odometer.
W211 are too young to reach such mileage and those owners, who drive 100k miles a year don't want it to become public knowledge.

WagonGuyW211

oh wow!!! Great to hear, I really love this wagon!

cmriv

You gotta 2009. you're golden

Strigoi

There's also that W211 E55 with over 400,000 on it.

Sleeper Benz

Nice Wagon! Good luck with it.

We totally dig our wagon with about 160K miles on it. Hope to get at least 250K miles out of the similar V8 version.

bolenator2018

One of the primary reasons I bought my 09 a couple weeks ago was because all of the kinks have been worked out. I'm sure you will get plenty of trouble free miles with her. I would definitely make sure to change the fluid in the transfer case at regular intervals to prevent failure. I owned an 05 Jag X Type 3.0 (not a Benz I know) and I was religious with the transfer case. That's always a weak point with awd cars. Beautiful car, I love the color!

2MERKS

Black beauty! Nice ride.
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dvenneman

w.ith routine maintenance and replacing with OEM parts, mine is going strong. I think I have a timing chain wear issue because I have a bit of grinding at 1000 rpm as idle settles on cold start. I've added oil as appropriate to keep timing chain lubricated. I am going to replace the camshaft expansion plugs to resolve a leak

2MERKS

At least the floor!

Red Ryder

Most of these look pretty good even with high mileage, the paint seems very durable. Most just need some scuffs polished out and headlight lenses restored, and they look almost mint outside. Interior seems pretty durable too, besides the pockets on the back of the front seats, seat adjuster buttons, and common wear areas like steering wheel & shifter. The only thing that looks "bad" on all of them, in my opinion, is the panel gap/fit & finish of the hood around the headlights. But obviously that is just the way the sheetmetal was formed.

I am jealous, you are lucky to have found someone know you personally to buy one of these from. I've had a hell of a time trying to find a worthy one, finding a seller that has good communication skills, and working on getting the car inspected. All my prospects have been a few states away, just not many around where I live. I've actually almost bought 3 but none of them worked out, I lost $100 on the last one getting it inspected. It's been so tedious and stressful I gave up looking for now, I'd be thrilled to buy one from someone I know I can trust and take the BS out of this search. Part of me is like maybe I'll just wait and save up more to get a W212 wagon as they seem easier to find and seem to have the same reliability more or less.

Anyway congrats to you!

rodneypierce

My 09 e550 just crossed 170k. I bought the car with 62k on it. Absolutely love the car. I hope to get another 130k or more from it before finally getting something else.

cetialpha5

You guys should apply for the Mercedes high mileage badge. You can get it at 155k, 310k, 466k, 621k and 1 million miles.

https://www.mbusa.com/content/dam/mb...2019-02-28.pdf

dvenneman

I have the first one - see grill - and my car will make it to the next (243k well maintained has 67k of life pretty sure). If I ever have to part with “Wheezy” it will be for domestic reasons.

2MERKS

Submitting my form....I often wondered about those emblems years ago, glad to have the opportunity to own it now!!!
2Merks