2005 Mercedes-Benz E500 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Mercedes-Benz E500. 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…

• 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…