2006 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2006 Mercedes-Benz AMG E55. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Fuel Leakage From The Fuel Tank
  Engineering Analysis EA13003 · opened Mar 15, 2013 · closed Dec 19, 2014

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on January 23, 2012 as PE12-001 based on 20 consumer reports in model year (MY) 2003-2006 E55 AMG vehicles.Based on new reports in other E-Class vehicles, ODI upgraded the investigation to Engineering Analysis (EA) 13-003 on March 15, 2013, and expande…

• Fuel System (Tank/Sender) Leakage
  Preliminary Evaluation PE12001 · opened Jan 23, 2012 · closed Mar 18, 2013

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation based on 20 consumer reports.All of the vehicles were E55 AMG models and the complainants alleged fuel leaks or a strong odor of gasoline both inside and outside of their vehicle, particularly after refueling.Some complainants alleged that the leaks ma…

• Driver Air Bag Circuit High Resistance
  Preliminary Evaluation PE10017 · opened May 14, 2010 · closed Nov 24, 2010

  Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has reported a high number of warranty claims for air bag warning lamp illumination due to a diagnostic fault code 9103 or 9123 indicating a high resistance in the driver's frontal air bag firing circuit.MBUSA's testing and evaluation have shown that this condition is the result of a faulty co…