I’m looking to buy a german car and i already know they are not reliable but i was wondering what a few of the most reliable ones were. I’ve heard the 2009 Mercedes E350 was not a bad option and i actually like the car. Anything is appreciated, thank you.
what country are you in?
i’m in the U.S
What's up fellow albanian! Check out edmudns consumer reviews on the car of your choice to see what the consumers actually thought of the car and it can give you some of the common problems of the car of your choice. I think the e350 is actually one of the better mercedes, but maintneance will always be very high on german luxury cars.
hahaha what’s up shqipe, and yeah that’s true i’ll look at that.
You could also lease a newer one and get out of your system. If you plan on buying an older German vehicle and use as a daily and rack up the miles, it will easily become a money pit. Maintenance and repairs will eat through your wallet. It’s your money, but I advise against buying an older German vehicle. Just lease.
From my personal experience with German cars (BMW X5 2007), they aren't necessarily unreliable, but maintenance just cost an arm and a leg. Both in parts and in labor.
thank you! i’ll look more into it
Scotty did many videos on these. I'd make sure its made in Germany first of all not US or Mexico or somewhere else. Also I'd avoid the BMWs from the 2000s-now and Mercedes would be a bit better especially the made in Germany C class and E class (E350 for example).
The first question to be asked is: does it have to be German?? Next I would say, expect some repair bills.
Also @kaizen 's X5 is probably one the the biggest money pits every made an E class would be more reliable than it by at least a bit if that helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-j-YDLL__I
yeah true some things are gonna have to repaired especially buying a used german car but thank you so much for the link i’ll watch it now.
Your welcome, you can find more of Scotty's videos on Mercedes here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottyKilmermechanic/search?query=Mercedes
And BMWs here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuxpxCCevIlF-k-K5YU8XPA/search?query=BMW
@Kerem Seriously. Huge money pit. The Gen 1 X5 was unreliable and expensive to maintain. But Gen 2 was just damn expensive to maintain.
@kaizen
When did you get rid of it? Did it past 7 8 years or 80 90k miles?
When I think of X5 I think a large piece of metal surrounded by hundreds of thousands of tiny 2050 Tesla technology with Fiat quality but thats just my basic perseption of them. If it runs, a masterpiece, if not, why live?
I got it as a hand me down at 160K miles in 2016. And drove it until 2020 at 205K miles. Performed like a champ, but just wayyy to expensive to maintain.
I know I always say this, but I spent more money in maintenance in 4 years of ownership of the X5, than I did in 21 years of my 1999 Honda Accord.