Mercedes Benz AMG E55 vs Mitsubishi Montero

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Mercedes Benz AMG E55	Mitsubishi Montero
Complaints on file	399	989
Model years covered	2003–2006	1986–2006
Worst model year	2005	2001
Best model year	2006	1993
Crashes reported	2	83
Fires reported	0	18
Injuries reported	0	59
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	0.5%	17%

Mercedes Benz AMG E55 by year

82 129 151 37

03 04 05 06

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 357 89.5%

Brakes 8 2.0%

Engine & Cooling 7 1.8%

Electrical System 7 1.8%

Suspension 6 1.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 1.3%

Seats 3 0.8%

Airbags 2 0.5%

Mitsubishi Montero by year

8 4 1 10 25 22 18 17 35 106 40 85 91 47 68 213 132 53 7 1 6

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 240 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 170 17.2%

Suspension 70 7.1%

Electrical System 68 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 6.4%

Steering 56 5.7%

Airbags 51 5.2%

Body & Structure 37 3.7%