2007 Mercedes-Benz E350 Wheels Problems

“The vehicle involved was a 2007 mercedes benz E350. Premature wear on the inside corner of my tires. This was ultimately discovered on all four tires. This lead to belt separation on all tires and a lost of belting on the left front of the car that caused driver surprise that demanded a dramatic emergency stop. This exposed me to highway traffic and almost caused an accident while pulling over in a shocked and concerned state. These tires were recommended for my car by the retailer and met both the speed rating and performance required. …”

“After normal driving, a slight shake occurred around 80,000 miles. I took it into the shop and they reported 4 bent rims (2 being dangerously bad). I had the wheels straightened, and I found out the previous owner had one wheel welded, so this issue was present before I bought the car. While doing research online, there are hundreds of wheel complaints, particularly on the e-class. Because there are so many variations of the model, I believe that NHTSA is overlooking the issue because of the way complaints are entered by exact model (even though the wheels they use is the same across).”

“My vehicle wears the insides of front and back tires. Have done wheel alignments, toe-ins and other remedies. The problem with this is that your tires wear down prematurely and the unsuspecting driver drives and the tires wear down to the threads and explodes. This is because they did not expect their tires to last half or less of the thread life due to this unusual wear, and no one can figure out why this is happening. Also, because of the area that it wears the average person would not even notice it. …”

“4 bent wheels with no major accident or pot hole run over. Cost a lot to fix, put wear on my tires. Should not have such weak wheels on a car. All of them were bent.”

“The contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz E350. While driving 50 MPH, the contact felt an unusual vibration in the wheels. He took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that all four wheels were bent at the inside rim due to driving over potholes and railroad tracks. All four wheels and rims needed to be replaced. The manufacturer refused to assist with any repairs. The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage was 14,000 and failure mileage was 12,789. Updated 04/23/08.”