After filling the gas tank over the three quarters(3/4) mark, there is an extreme of gas. No leaks are seen and a garage found no leaks. The odor is so bad/strong that the car can not be placed in the garage. The odor remain until the fuel level is at or below the three quarters level.
2007 Mercedes Benz C230: wrong fuel gauge reading
12 of the 212 complaints about the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230 describe wrong fuel gauge reading.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Wrong fuel gauge reading by model year
- 200712
- 20062
- 20042
- 20032
- 20001
- 19993
- 19982
What owners say
I have an issue that when you fill up the car you will smell a strong gas odor outside of the car. as soon as the fuel level drops down the odor gets less and less. looked under rear seat and no fuel leaks. also i see a lot of posts about this same issue with this same type of car. 2007 c230 sport. please look into this. i even changed out gaskets and fuel pumps. just in case.
The federal safety agency recall 08v303000. My car fuel gauge misreads what is not there. Stalls and not restart without tapping the fuel pump. Fuel light indicates fuel sensor need to be replaced. After paying $327.00 still continues to malfunction. Stopped several times on street and parking lots. Towed several times. Refuses to start without notice. Harness for it not found. Impact of accident lost fuel. Since accident towed three times stalled and towed once and twice by mercedes benz. Replacement cost $1051.00.
At left tire area, left fuel sending unit leaking fuel, after fuel fill-up
After refueling car to full, car has a strong fuel smell. The smell persists if the car is over 3/4's full or greater. This has happened since I purchased this car but I couldn't determine where the smell was coming from until I took it to the mechanic and he said the fuel was spilling from the top of the fuel sending unit!!! He mentioned that this is a safety issue and that I need to check if this recalled already. I am now very mortified of this issue!!!
Strong fuel odor after filling up my car. After 2 days odor was still there. Took to dealership to be checked and was told that the fuel sending units need to be replaced and will cost $1130.00.. I have very low mileage on my car 48,336.. This is a huge safety and environmental issue. Very unhealthy to breathe in fuel vapors and bad for the atmosphere. This is exactly the same as the "e" class recall. Why wasnt the "c" class included. Please make this a recall on the "c" class.
I believe this is related to the federal safety agency action number ea13003. There appear to be complaints by others as well for the 2007 c230 regarding this issue. Basically, whenever I fill up my tank, I smell gas outside of the car, not inside. The smell seems to be strongest at the right side passenger mirror door area near the hood of the car. Then after a gallon or two has been used, the smell goes away. It took me a while to reproduce and identify this pattern because I don't refill my tank all that often (I drive about 2k miles a year.) I first started noticing this smell around june 2014 after I had my spark plugs replaced due to the recommended age limits. At first I thought it was due to that. So I took my car to the dealership and they identified a leak after I described my problem. I have lost all confidence in mercedes due to a number of issues on my low mileage car, that I started researching this in google and discovered other people describing the same problem of fuel odor when the tank is full. This leak also corroborates what I have noticed on the fuel gauge; the fuel gauge drops from full to 3/4 full after driving about about 25 miles or so. That can't be right because 25 miles or so is not even 2 gallons of fuel, and the tank holds about 13 gallons, unless there is a leak. Please see if the problem which affected the e class models from the same time period is affecting the c class model. Thank you.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz c230. The contact smelled fuel near the rear seat in the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the fuel sending unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 123,000.
Strong smell of gas from left rear side of vehicle indicates fuel sending unit is leaking.
Strong smell of gas on left side due to fuel sending unit/cracked housing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz c230. The contact stated that fuel fumes were emitted into the vehicle and the residential garage after refueling. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the left fuel sending unit and two seals needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 7,719 and the current mileage was 18,624. Updated 08/28/12
The left side fuel sending unit is leaking gas.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230 fuel gauge
Is wrong fuel gauge reading a common problem on the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230?
12 of 212 owner complaints about the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230 (6%) mention wrong fuel gauge reading. The model year with the most reports is 2007.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2007 Mercedes Benz C230
Fuel smell 39Check engine light 27Fuel leak 17Fuel pump 13Won't shift 13Stalling 8Jerking 7Fire or smoke 5
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