| Issue ID | 1665409 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11327610 |
| Manufacurer | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| Brand | MERCEDES-BENZ |
| Model | E350 |
| Model Year | 2014 |
| File date | 06/06/20 |
| Component | STEERING |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Electric steering failed while driving on a city street. Almost crashed, wife's car, i was driving. She would never have been able to turn the steering wheel to safely get the car off the road.. Steering failure alert came on dash. Weekend, problem not diagnosed yet. A web site shows that there was a factory recall for this problem with cars built between aug. 2013 to aug. 2015. Bad electric motors. Car has 32,000 miles |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 32000 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CORAL SPRINGS, FL |
| VIN pattern | WDDHF5KB1EAXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 45 |
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