P052E: owner reports and bulletins
Got P052E on your scanner? Tell the mechanic your year, make, model and any symptoms and you'll get the likely cause and what to check first. Ask about this code.
What owners report to NHTSA
214 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P052E, 214 of them since 2015, across 17 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: engine.
Most-reported models
| Vehicle | Complaints | Model years reported |
|---|---|---|
| MERCEDES-BENZ C300 | 74 | 2015, 2016 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ C 300 | 48 | 2017, 2018 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ GLC300 | 20 | 2016, 2017 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 300 | 17 | 2018, 2019 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 | 14 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ CLA250 | 12 | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS | 12 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ E300 | 4 | 2017 |
| MERCEDES-BENZ E 300 | 3 | 2018, 2019 |
Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.