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2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 — Complaint #1904954

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:SUBFRAME/MOUNTING BRACKET filed June 26, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1904954 (ODI reference 11528920) concerns a 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 and was filed on June 26, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 15, 2023. The vehicle had 181,250 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:subframe/mounting bracket, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ E350 cohort independently describe similar suspension:subframe/mounting bracket failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E350
Component
SUSPENSION:SUBFRAME/MOUNTING BRACKET
State
Michigan
Mileage
181,250 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake line fractured and the low brake fluid warning light illuminated; however, the contact stated he was able to stop the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the subframe was fractured, which caused the brake line to fracture and fail. The dealer repaired the subframe under the recall and charged a fee for the brake line repair. The contact stated that the mechanic stated that the brake line fracture was caused by the subframe fracture. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however, the manufacturer only authorized the repair of the subframe. The failure mileage was approximately 181,250.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1904954
ODI Number 11528920
Date Filed June 26, 2023
Failure Date May 15, 2023
VIN WDDKJ5GB3AF

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.