2006 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2006 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system3294.1%
- Suspension25.9%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
I was driving my car and the inside started to smell like gasoline, and after that I noticed it was leaking from outside, and when I started to investigate, it started to come from it looked like my fuel pump on the drivers side, fuel started to leak out the fuel pump or fuel tank and leaking to the outside to the rear left side of the car
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES-BENZ E55. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE FUEL FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALTER'S MERCEDES-BENZ OF RIVERSIDE (951-441-6182, LOCATED AT 3213 ADAMS ST, RIVERSIDE, CA 92504) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP LEAKED FUEL. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SUPPORTED THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 151,877.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
SITTING IN 2006 E55 AMG MERCEDES BENZ STATION WAGON ON SATURDAY AUGUST 29 2010 AT SHOPPING CENTER IN WHEN RIGHT FRONT AIRMATIC SUSPENSION GAVE WAY. CAR WAS NOT MOVING AT TIME. CAR NOW SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE IS RESOLVED. CAR HAS APPROX 38000 MILES. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ E 55. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE HEARD 2 LOUD POPS AND THEN THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. SPARKS FLEW ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR CRASH. THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAD BLOWN. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO CALL THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANT, BUT THE WAIT TIME WAS TOO LENGTHY. HE THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AT VERY LOW SPEEDS FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO VIRGINIA. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THREE DIFFERENT SUSPENSION REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE MANUFACTURER SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HE ADVISED THE TECHNICIANS THAT EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AIR WOULD LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER FEELS THIS VEHICLE WAS DAMAGE UPON DELIVERY AND FEELS THE DEALER KNEW ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO THE REAR AIR BAG SUSPENSION. THEY SPECULATED THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER YEAR MAKE AND MODEL WITH THIS SAME FAILURE. CONTACT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,600. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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