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Mercedes-Benz AMG E43

Every Mercedes-Benz AMG E43 model year on file, 2017 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years121 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22017 to 2018
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins318Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 50% of the model's total

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

0246201762018
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Mercedes-Benz AMG E43 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
2
Brakes
2
Engine and cooling
2
Driver assistance
2
Wheels
2
Fuel system
1
Suspension
1
Steering
1
Powertrain
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz AMG E43 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 E43 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Sedan616.75010135
2017Sedan60.03560183
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz AMG E43

  • 21V-058 Feb 5, 2021
    Software design of the communication module may fail to communicate the correct vehicle location for the emergency call system (eCall) in the…
    Communication · 1.29M vehicles
  • 18V-271 Apr 27, 2018
    Headlight horizontal adjustment screws on these vehicles may not be properly sealed behind a non-removable sealing cap to keep headlights from…
    Lighting · 42 vehicles
  • 18V-151 Mar 6, 2018
    These vehicles may have misadjusted headlights, possibly resulting in the low beam headlights insufficiently illuminating the roadway
    Lighting · 28 vehicles
  • 17V-574 Sep 19, 2017
    These vehicles have electrical power steering control units with improperly welded contact pins
    Steering · 4 vehicles
  • 17V-114 Feb 23, 2017
    In the event that the engine or transmission cannot turn over, the starting current limiter may overheat from the repeated attempts of the starter…
    Electrical system · 308k vehicles
  • 17V-076 Feb 8, 2017
    Front passenger occupant detection control unit may have been incorrectly installed
    Airbags · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.