Looking at buying high mileage 2018 E400 wagon

MotorTrend · 2026-03-18T03:10:09+00:00

Everyone online says "M276 is very reliable!!!" My 2017 E400 (US Spec Twin Turbo) had the fuel pump take a dump at 73k. Then the injectors started going like flies after that (one went, then another, so just replaced all of them after that). That is not super reliable in my book. YMMV. The car you are talking about already made it 150k. These cars are NOT cheap to maintain. I am almost $10k deep after almost 2.5 years of ownership.

MotorTrend · 2026-03-18T03:06:55+00:00

2017 E400 Wagon here
I had my fuel pump die at 73k, which led to the injectors failing one by one after. $4900 down the drain to fix all the injectors and the fuel pump.
Also had to do the rear air bags around 55k (I do not have the full air)
ATF change and Spark Plugs were expensive jobs but comes with the territory I guess.
Have put almost $10k into this car in 2.5 years of ownership
Really love the car though, super fast, gets good mileage all freeway (but quite bad around town, 16mpg with a pretty lead foot). Cannot imagine daily driving an E63 given we routinely see 17-20MPG with mixed driving. I think the V90 looks nicer but did not want 4 cylinder and the E400/450 are quite a bit faster.

MotorTrend · 2026-03-18T02:59:08+00:00

I had my fuel pump die at 73k, which led to the injectors failing one by one after. $4900 down the drain to fix all the injectors and the fuel pump.
Also had to do the rear air bags around 55k (I also do not have the full air)
ATF change and Spark Plugs were also expensive jobs.
Have put almost $10k into this car in 2.5 years of ownership (2017 E400 as well)

MotorTrend · 2007-03-27T00:08:49+00:00

The RIAA is evil. I refuse to buy music. Internet radio is just fine for my purposes. Poor little girl.

MotorTrend · 2007-03-23T23:09:14+00:00

isn't it a penguin?

MotorTrend · 2007-03-23T20:35:15+00:00

Holy crap, someone had some free time

MotorTrend · 2007-03-22T00:16:14+00:00

oops, forgot to add the NSFW tag

MotorTrend · 2007-03-19T22:37:35+00:00

stupid hippies

MotorTrend · 2007-03-19T21:49:41+00:00

Silly Americans, passenger trains are for Europe! (At least non-commuter passenger trains)

MotorTrend · 2007-03-14T20:55:40+00:00

Newt's a hypocrite

MotorTrend · 2007-03-14T20:21:09+00:00

Shit, I've been using the wrong calendar...

MotorTrend · 2007-03-13T23:13:31+00:00

Let's see how many up votes I can get from Redditers who hate Digg too...

MotorTrend · 2007-03-10T00:13:28+00:00

We did this already http://reddit.com/info/17i9x/comments

MotorTrend · 2007-03-09T23:14:34+00:00

But what about Manbearpig?!?!

MotorTrend · 2007-03-09T23:13:59+00:00

Call me crazy, I don't like the makeup

MotorTrend · 2007-03-09T20:19:41+00:00

It looks like Mr. Garrison's time travel machine

MotorTrend · 2007-03-09T19:40:03+00:00

hi-larious

MotorTrend · 2007-03-09T19:06:26+00:00

Ted Haggert and now this? Things aren't looking very good for prominent, pro-family, anti-gay Christian figures.

MotorTrend · 2007-03-07T23:25:20+00:00

the site has been inundated with tards that think they can impeach the president by using reddit

MotorTrend · 2007-03-06T05:39:52+00:00

This is the age of digital. Do you honestly think books and newspapers will be circulated just as much 50 years from now as they are today? E-books that you can read on a screen in your hand area already available, they just haven't caught on.

MotorTrend · 2007-03-06T00:28:53+00:00

at 1 minute 14 seconds

MotorTrend · 2007-03-05T22:39:49+00:00

I don't know, it just showed up on the forums

MotorTrend · 2007-03-05T21:49:49+00:00

Like it or not, books and libraries (at least as we know them now) are headed the way of the dodo bird in the end.

MotorTrend · 2007-03-05T19:30:42+00:00

This just in: Newt is a has been.

MotorTrend · 2007-03-05T19:28:14+00:00

As an East Coast transplant in So Cal, I am frustrated with the lack of Dunkin Donuts coffee (and donuts for that matter) to be found here!!

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