2005 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 problems
Owners have filed 151 complaints with NHTSA about the 2005 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 92% of complaints. Next are electrical system (2%) and brakes (1%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 151 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 92% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 137 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 18 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 38 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 30 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 137 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (129 complaints with mileage).
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 with enough data (32 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
2005 mercedes-benz e 55 amg customer states that he took the car in for service several times and was sent a recall #2005110001 after picking car up the next week same problems he was charged for service and wants to reimbursed* the consumer stated after the recall was performed, the vehicle never drove the same. The consumer started to experience other problems. The consumer stated that the braking was different and it required extra effort. While driving, the brake light fluid light illuminated.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 mercedes benz e55. The contact stated that he smelled gasoline inside the vehicle cabin after refueling. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump were fractured and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 52,000.
Over the last few months I have noticed a significant smell of fuel whenever I get in and out of my e55. I had the dealer look it at during my last service a month ago and they said nothing was wrong... I have not noticed any fuel leaking from below the car. After viewing the hundreds of threads and comments on the following 30 pages on a mercedes forum, I decided to have a look for myself: [link removed] when I took off the metal covers on top of the passenger side and driver side sending units I found fresh fuel…