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Mercedes-Benz AMG C55

Every Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 model year on file, 2005 to 2006. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years92 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22005 to 2006
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins91Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 56% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0246200552006
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
5
Airbags
2
Lighting
1
Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2006Sedan40.084043
2005Sedan540.0103048
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz AMG C55

  • 24V-874 Nov 19, 2024
    Glass sunroof panel may not be properly secured and can detach
    Visibility and wipers · 33k vehicles
  • 22V-954 Dec 23, 2022
    Glass sunroof panel may not be properly secured and may detach
    Visibility and wipers · 132k vehicles
  • 21V-196 Mar 19, 2021
    Bonding between the glass panel and the sliding roof frame may deteriorate, possibly causing the glass panel to detach from the vehicle
    Visibility and wipers · 11k vehicles
  • 19V-918 Dec 20, 2019
    Bonding between the glass panel and the sliding roof frame may deteriorate, possibly resulting in the glass panel detaching from the vehicle
    Visibility and wipers · 748k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.