ahmadkshuja

Hi All,

Need help here. I own S600 2007. Members of this forum have been sharing reliability issues related to transmission etc. Honestly, I have been very disappointed to learn about such issues in such a top tier car. My car only has about 10K miles on it but seeing all this really scares me since the warranty has expired as well.

Anyway, now I am considering to buy a convertible and am not sure if E class is reliable enough. I will be driving this car a lot (may be around 3000 highway miles / month) and need your advice.

For those of you who have owned E350, how reliable is this car (may be compared to Lexus IS C)? I don't want it to break down on me in the middle of nowhere. Please advise.

Thanks in advance!!!

K-A

The E Vert/Coupe is actually essentially a C-Class W204, and both the W204 C and W212 E have been at the top of their Classes in reliability. I'd say the Airmatic on the 550's would be of the highest concern.

rhampar

Well I don't use my E550 cab as a daily driver but to date I've had no issues at all with the trans or other areas of the car. E550 has been in service since Nov 2010 and I put about 7000mi yr on the car. Also I traded a 05 CLK towards my E and it was the 1st yr for 7speed trans and had no issues for the 6 yrs I had the CLK.

That said for the piece of mind I did go with the 7yr 75k warranty so you may want to consider an extended warranty for the MB.