2010 E350 CDI.... Anything to watch out for?

2010 E350 CDI.... Anything to watch out for?

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Jay_87

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203 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Currently looking at purchasing a big estate and I've come across an E Class that I really like.

Just wondering if there are any owners on here that can share their views on them and if there is anything I should look out for before buying?

Car is a 2010 E350 CDI Estate Sport, fully loaded with options, 97K and 5 stamps in the book.

Cheers

Dunit

637 posts

204 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Hi look back to posting May 23rd 2013 where all you need to know about the engine and gearbox upgrade s that were carried out.

jkh112

21,886 posts

157 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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The rear suspension on the estates is self levelling air suspension and they do seem to have a few issues. Would be good to check that it does not drop overnight (not sure how you would check that) also that it rises up after a load has been put in the back.

yellowbentines

5,295 posts

206 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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I know Mercedes used to have variable mileage-based servicing but I thought they'd moved to 15k miles or annually (whichever comes first) by 2010 - I'd have expected to see 7/8 stamps in the book.

Candellara

1,876 posts

181 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Had mine for over 2 years - love it

2010 E350 estate with full leather & pan roof

Issues in 2 years? Rear brake pads & tyres

Brilliant. Perfect for hauling two kids around. Huge boot space. Tows our 1500kg caravan. 40mpg on a run. Quick enough to scare many performance cars.

Can't think of any downsides. Probably that it wears its front tyres on their outer edges quite quickly

jgy6000

199 posts

169 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Parts can be expensive. Cost me the best part of £750 to replace the maf sensor as they are bonded into a plastic x pipe that can only be bought for Mercedes. Something that on a normal car might cost £100!

Candellara

1,876 posts

181 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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jgy6000 said:
Parts can be expensive. Cost me the best part of £750 to replace the maf sensor as they are bonded into a plastic x pipe that can only be bought for Mercedes. Something that on a normal car might cost £100!
All relative. it goes with the territory of the badge. Parts are no dearer than BMW IMO. If you've ever owned Ferrari's, Lambo's or Aston's you'll find Merc running costs quite nice

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

223 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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2010 E350cdi is quite thirsty and only 231hp. Expect OBC to say 38mpg and reality 33mpg.

2011 gets 265hp and the newer 7g+ gearbox and thus gets about 4mpg better. Expect OBC to say 42mpg and reality around 37mpg.


2011 also gets nicer steering, colour instrument cluster and does feel generally nicer to drive and just be in.


Servicing on these went to 12 months and 12k miles, or maybe 15k miles, but anyway, 5 stamps means it has missed services or gone a long time between each one, neither is great.

I swap the oil on mine every 6000 miles, for the sake of £60 it is money well spent imho. I would not leave it 20,000 miles between oil changes.

There have also been a couple of E350 petrols advertised recently, I swapped my 350cdi for the petrol, it is a really sweet engine and suits a Merc perfectly, MPG is about 10% behind the cdi, so only doing 15k a year it is about £6 a week difference.
Going forward I would also guess the NA petrol will need far less upkeep.


Jay_87

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Friday 23rd February 2018
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Thanks for the info, I'm pretty keen to get behind the wheel of one and go for spin in this one I've been looking at. Hopefully it ticks all the boxes and is as good as it looks.


Monkeylegend

26,225 posts

230 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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Re the service history, it depends to some extent how the miles have accumulated.

Mercedes went from variable servicing because cars were going up to 20k miles and sometimes beyond before it indicated a service was due. This meant that some cars during the warranty period didn't even see a dealership if they were doing low miles unless it was for a warranty job, not good for the service dept bottom line.

The move to 1 year or 15k miles was made to bring more work into the workshop, not necessarily because the cars needed servicing. I was told this by my dealership who I knew very well when I was doing 90k miles or so a year, so 5/6 service visits annualy

If the car has been serviced at least annually for the first 3 years to maintain warranty, then at least every 15k miles or so after that I wouldn't be worried. This could explain the 5 rather than 7 services.

The annual service stipulation irrespective of mileage was only a warranty requirement not because the car would implode without it.

I still have my high mileage car and now get it serviced on mileage rather than annually, as I am now only doing about 6k miles a year, so it's being serviced every two years at MOT time. So far nothing has gone wrong to suggest this is not ok.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

223 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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I would look at the history closely as said, and also look at the MOT history to make sure that pans out with the mileage.

Also, depends on price?
If it is £8k then don't worry so much, at £10k you want it to be right, at £12k walk away.

jkh112

21,886 posts

157 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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gizlaroc said:
2011 gets 265hp and the newer 7g+ gearbox and thus gets about 4mpg better. Expect OBC to say 42mpg and reality around 37mpg.
My 2014 OBC display is more accurate than that. I have checked over quite a few long journeys and tankfuls of fuel and it is nowhere near 5 mpg out. Maybe it is more realistic compared to earlier versions as I only see 42mpg if I take it easy on a motorway (which I rarely do).

Edited by jkh112 on Friday 23 February 18:54

Jay_87

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Saturday 24th February 2018
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gizlaroc said:
I would look at the history closely as said, and also look at the MOT history to make sure that pans out with the mileage.

Also, depends on price?
If it is £8k then don't worry so much, at £10k you want it to be right, at £12k walk away.
Its a 10k car... so yeah I want it to be right. I've had nightmare with the last couple of cars I've owned, so what I buy next has to be something I can just jump into a drive for 2 or 3 years without too much worry other than general maintenance.... Currently in a Mini Clubman Cooper S which is a brilliant car but it just isnt suitable for my needs, I've only had it a month but I bought it on pure impulse because I had to get a car. Hoping a big Merc will be everything I want it to be.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

223 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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jkh112 said:
My 2014 OBC display is more accurate than that. I have checked over quite a few long journeys and tankfuls of fuel and it is nowhere near 5 mpg out. Maybe it is more realistic compared to earlier versions as I only see 42mpg if I take it easy on a motorway (which I rarely do).
I used to do quite a lot of sub 10 mile journeys in mine, which throws it out more.

When I was doing 18 miles each way every day it was far more accurate, only about 2mpg out.

But I reckon being realistic expect around 33/34mpg as an average if you don't do lots of sub 10 mile journeys on the pre 2011 model and around 37/38mpg on the post 2011 model.

From what I have read the facelift car has a more accurate OBC, I think it starts off from cold with a more realistic reading than the pre facelift cars.
Not sure what the average MPG is on the facelift models? But I would guess similar to the post 2011 built pre facelifts?

What do you get?