2018 Mercedes-Benz E43 AMG 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 2018 Mercedes-Benz E43 AMG, 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
- Other / unspecified4100.0%
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
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
Mercedes AMG wheels crack under normal driving conditions.
I BOUGHT A 2018 MERCEDES BENZ E43 ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES. TODAY THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES. IN THOSE 13,000 AND ABOUT ONE YEAR OF USE THE VEHICLE HAS DAMAGED THREE FRONT WHEELS AND FOUR FRONT TIRES. THE FIRST WHEEL HAD A 1.5' TRANSVERSE CRACK ALONG THE INNER RIM LIP AND WAS NOTICED BY ME ONLY 1,000 MILES OR LESS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THIS NECESSITATED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIM AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TWO FRONT TIRES. THE SECOND WHEEL THAT WAS DAMAGED HAD A 6'-7' AND POSSIBLY LONGER LONGITUDINAL CRACK (SEE PHOTOS) ALONG THE INNER LIP THAT INDICATES THAT THE RIM FAILED STRUCTURALLY AND ALMOST CATASTROPHICALLY. THIS PARTICULAR FRONT RIGHT RIM WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE THAT WAS ALSO DAMAGED ON OCTOBER 10, 2020. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME WHEEL / TIRE ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE RIM WAS BENT AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. THIS VEHICLE UNDER TYPICAL AND CONSERVATIVE DRIVING CONDITIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WITH THE SUSPENSION SET ON 'COMFORT' HAS DAMAGED THREE FRONT WHEELS AND FOUR FRONT TIRES. AS A RESULT OF THESE REPEATED AND CONTINUAL FAILURES OF THE FRONT WHEEL / TIRE ASSEMBLIES IT HAS BECOME RATHER CLEAR THAT THESE 20' DIAMETER WHEELS FAIL STRUCTURALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE MARGINAL IN TERMS OF YIELD STRENGTH AND HAVE ZERO ROAD HAZARD IMPACT RESISTANCE BUILT INTO THEM. THIS DEFECT MAKES THESE WHEEL / TIRE ASSEMBLIES AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VERY UNSAFE TO OPERATE BECAUSE A CATASTROPHIC WHEEL / TIRE ASSEMBLY FAILURE CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE IS MANDATORY. THE CONFIGURATION AND USE OF 20' WHEELS WITH LOW-PROFILE RUN-PLAT PIRELLI TIRES ON THE 2018 E43 IS HIGHLY DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC WHEEL / TIRE ASSEMBLY FAILURE, LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND LOSS OF LIFE.
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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