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1999 Mercedes-Benz E55 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 14, 2018
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 14, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz E55. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Interior & seats
Filed Nov 14, 2018

FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BECOME LOOSE OVER TIME AND DEVELOP A CLICKING NOISE ON EVERY ACCELERATION AND BRAKING. MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THIS ISSUE IN CAR FORUMS ONLINE AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A FIX. DEALERSHIP EXPERIENCES ALSO DID NOT INVESTIGATE FAR ENOUGH FOR A FIX. MERCEDES RELEASED A SUPPOSED "FIX" IN THE FORM OF NEW BOLTS FOR THE SEATS BUT THESE BOLTS ARE NOT THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE THE PLASTIC GEARS IN THE SEAT MOTORS WEARING DOWN.

NHTSA ID
11151472
Incident
Jan 1, 2018
Mileage
76,000 mi

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.

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