E350 - what to look out for?

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Auto 2011 E350. Any serious issues that are hard to spot?

I'll listen for the timing chain on cold (but is it obvious?)

Anything else or generally all fixable.

[Mike230]

I'm a month into E350 CDI ownership so not an expert by any means but from what I could gather when I looked, oil leaks can be expensive to fix, suspension components are fairly common place for requiring replacement, brake lines also worth looking at at this age. Mine needed the rears doing and this was done by the dealer as part of the purchase.

Other than that, it's just the usual stuff I guess. As I said, I'm no expert but I'm really enjoying mine so far. Good luck.

[Mr E]

Rear subframes. If they have not been done they will likely need doing.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Mike230 said:

I'm a month into E350 CDI ownership so not an expert by any means but from what I could gather when I looked, oil leaks can be expensive to fix, suspension components are fairly common place for requiring replacement, brake lines also worth looking at at this age. Mine needed the rears doing and this was done by the dealer as part of the purchase.

Other than that, it's just the usual stuff I guess. As I said, I'm no expert but I'm really enjoying mine so far. Good luck.

Would be interested in your journey. So to speak.