2025 MERCEDES-BENZ E 350 E350

The auction lists the primary damage as Left Front. Stage 1’s photo review supports this designation: visible damage is concentrated around the left-front bumper, headlamp area, fender, hood edge, and wheel-well coverings. The front bumper cover is severely displaced at the left-front corner, with a large section hanging outward and broken edges. The left headlamp is missing from its installed position; the assembly is shown separately on the pavement. Internal mounting areas, wiring, and other components are exposed behind the bumper and headlamp area. The front-left fender is severely creased and deformed around the wheel arch, with torn and irregular panel edges. The wheel-well liner and adjacent coverings are torn or missing. The hood has a raised, irregular leading edge with an uneven gap above the grille and headlamp area, and additional scuffs and creasing are visible on the fender and hood edge. Repair will require assessment and replacement or repair of the front bumper cover, left headlamp assembly, front-left fender, wheel-well liner, damaged fascia and mounting structures, and potentially other exposed components. The condition of the underlying wiring, sensors, lighting systems, cooling components, suspension, steering, and front structure cannot be determined from these findings and should be checked before purchase. The vehicle should not be driven until the exposed and damaged front-end components have been professionally inspected. The VIN decodes as a 2025 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E350 sedan manufactured in Germany. It is equipped with a 2.0-liter turbocharged M254 four-cylinder gasoline engine rated at 255 horsepower and a nine-speed automatic transmission. The decoded safety equipment includes standard ABS, electronic stability control, traction control, forward-collision warning, adaptive driving beam, blind-spot monitoring, and front and rear automatic emergency braking. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for this make, model, and year. Recall 24V941000 concerns a potentially improperly welded camber-strut bracket on the rear axle carrier, which could separate and cause a sudden loss of handling or control. The stated remedy is replacement of the rear axle carrier, and owners were advised not to drive affected vehicles until the repair was completed. Recall 26V281000 concerns an infotainment control unit that may reset while driving and cause the instrument-panel display to go blank; the stated remedy is a software update. Recall completion for this vehicle should be verified by VIN with Mercedes-Benz or NHTSA before purchase.