E300D 3.0L 6-cyl. Diesel 4-speed Automatic - (8 reviews )
By Kevin on 08/21/09 19:38 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
Review
Bought for $22K. Wiring Harness is the only major issue ever ($1,700 to fix). This car regularly travels 800 mi RT to Gulf Shores, 300 mi RT to Spartanburg...and she just is great on the highway. Avg fuel is 28 in the city and 34 on the highway. I've put 120K miles on this car and she now has 223K total miles. Even my mechanic thinks this is an awesome car.
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By Dr John on 04/18/09 09:26 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
Review
This Mercedes has been the least reliable vehicle I have ever owned. The electronic engine control hooks to an antitheft interlock which fails randomly. The dealership is happy to take my money but unable to solve the problem. Hence I can be anywhere and try to start the car and have it disable the vehicle, leaving me stranded. The Mercedes club people know of this problem and tell me that Mercedes made a replacement computer that disables the lock out, but will not sell it to me. The us Mercedes people were uncooperative. Since I bought the vehicle used, they state that someone could have changed my computer before I bought it. Yeah, sure.
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By highlander on 08/07/06 06:57 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
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I drive some 6000 miles every year on the snow and ice in the mountains and the electronics takes care of the occasional error. This car has has minor corrosion problems all corrected under guarantee at no cost to myself.
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By richard snyder on 07/25/04 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
Review
when we purchased this vehicle in nov
of '96 we were so happy. then we found
out it had a german smaller gas tank.
the dealership replaced it tthe proper
size tank. then we started to have a
series of reliabilty problems, such as
the following: glow plugs not working
(8 times),care stalling while in motion
(10 times), 3 blower motors, 2 control
modules replaced, order pump for ww
wipers.if you wish i can you copies of
the work orders. It just to much effort
to wrie here. MB did extend the
warranty to 75,000 miles and the were
good in providing a loaner car with no
cost to me. The problems have with this
car up to this writing. richard snyder
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By cabernt13 on 09/04/03 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
Review
With gas prices going up, it's nice to
be getting 35 mpg with less expensive
fuel. It's safe, nice to look at, and
very economical.
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By JKA on 01/31/03 00:00 AM (PST)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
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We have owned several MB diesels.
Our '96 300D is a fantastic road car.
We have made many cross country runs
from Minnesota to Maine and always find
this car able to offers us a dependable
and comfortable ride.
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By John Wang on 12/13/02 00:00 AM (PST)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
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I have believed MB but so disapointed
this time when the engine blowed out at
31000 miles, a screw linked gear and
oil pump got broken then oil pump
stopped working......... while there is
no engine oil pressure indicator!
I got a lemon car with poor assembling
quality but MBZusa didn't want to be
responsible for their design failure as
well as manufacturing failure.
Buy BMW!, it is much better in quality
and service, I have had a 525i since
1990 and have no problem.
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By jwkrotec on 09/02/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Diesel E300D 4dr Sedan
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The new 4 valve deisel is a work of
art. There is plenty of power for
accelerating and the broad tourque
curve makes highway cruising at 75
effortless. Unforntunately, many
little problems with various systems
have had the car spending days at the
dealer. The dealer took several tries
to get it right each time! very bad.
At 95,000 miles the legendary Mercedes
deisel stopped! I was informed that
the bad fuel in this country gummed up
the vanes in the induction unit and it
cost $3,500 to repair. This is
rediculous. One buys a deisel to
prevent this sort of thing.
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