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2003 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 fuel/propulsion system problems

40 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2003 Mercedes-Benz AMG E5557% of all complaints for this model year.

40
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
57%
share of all complaints
82,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While the vehicle was on the highway on a long road trip, there was an increasingly large rattle when the vehicle was under load. Eventually the rattle stopped. Then when I tried to fill up the car with gas, it leaked everywhere causing a massive fire hazard. While this was put under extended…

    filed Aug 19, 2020

  • What should have been a classified as a total recall turned into an extended warranty, and as a result I have lost $1700. After a battle with the nhtsa, back in 2015 mercedes settled to do a retroactive extended warranty on certain 2003-2011 vehicles due to how many problems and safety concerns…

    filed Nov 25, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other AMG E55 years

YearReportsShare
2006 AMG E551647%
2005 AMG E557557%
2004 AMG E556256%
AMG E55 fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.