The Lemon Index$2,000 middle bill · most between $1,200 and $3,200
Higher than the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 94,000 miles (16 reports).
Mercedes-Benz E-Class owners reported paying a median of $2,000 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,200 and $3,200. That's from 19 owner reports (19 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5005%
- $500–$1,00016%
- $1,000–$2,50032%
- $2,500–$5,00047%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 19 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class3$1,200 middle bill
- 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class2too few for a middle
- 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class3$1,300 middle bill
- 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class3$3,800 middle bill
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz E-Class7$3,000 middle bill
- 2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz E-Class46 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class41 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class31 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class24 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class22 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class15 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
M113K 5.4 supercharged V8 · M156 6.2 V8
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Mercedes-Benz E-Class owners reported
Brake repair (27) · Strut and shock replacement (6) · Intake manifold replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11480254, 11474106, 11164142, 11133569, 11099075, 11084860, 10809115, 10667881, 10662923, 10649467, 10621907, 10616360 and more.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a Mercedes-Benz E-Class?
Mercedes-Benz E-Class owners reported a median of $2,000, and the middle half paid $1,200 to $3,200, from 19 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Mercedes-Benz E-Class fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class middle bill of $2,000 is higher than the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Mercedes-Benz E-Class repair costs come from?
From 19 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Mercedes-Benz E-Class years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2007 (46), 2006 (41), 2004 (31) Mercedes-Benz E-Class named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.