My 2007 c230 has a problem with the smell of gasoline when you fill up. I have seen alot of complaints about the gas tank and its system on line. An when I talked to medcedes I was told they have had alot of issues with the mercedes in the past and that issue. They replaced alot of them at one time I dont know which model. I have seen alot of people with my style of mercedes with similiar issues. This type of thing should be taken care of by the dealer.
Mercedes Benz C230 fuel smell problems
43 of the 657 owner complaints about the Mercedes Benz C230 describe gas smell in the cabin, most of them for the 2007 model year.
- owner complaints
- 43
- worst model year
- 2007
- typical mileage
- 70,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 200739
- 20051
- 20041
- 20032
Often reported together
Fuel leak 10Fuel pump 9Fuel gauge 8Fire or smoke 1Check engine light 1
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.
When I fill up with gas, the car salon fills up with the gas smell. The problem should be in the fuel pump or so. The smell is persistent in the garage. While driving, I did not notice. When the amount of gas in the fuel tank decreases, the smell goes away. I removed the back seat and so the gas residue over the pump.
Strong fuel smell in rear of cabin
For last three plus years, whenever gas tank is filled over the 3/4 full mark there is a heavy gas odor but I have not seen leaking gas. I only put in less than 9 gallons of gas at a time fearing an explosion in my garage where water heater is located.
Gas fumes outside car after refueling, parked in garage
My 2007 mercedes benz c230 sport continually releases strong gasoline smell after each gas tank fill-up. This occurred consistently for the last four months. I've taken my car to the mercedes benz dealership local in my area only for them to say there is no reported recall or the cost to fix this matter is significantly costly. After researching this matter, I discovered there is a reasonable number of owners with a similar model and year that have reported the same serious risk of gasoline smell. Embedded is a link to the online site where these reportings are captured. Http://m.carcomplaints.com/mercedes-benz/c230/2007/fuel_system/fuel_propulsion_system.shtml due to the nature and probable serious hazard of fumes exposure within the family household let alone other significant health risk, I'm requesting immediate assistance from the federal safety agency to bring this matter to a resolve. According to public data, mercedes benz has recall numerous other vehicle models for the same defect which unfortunately did not include the 2007 c230 sport model. Please advise.
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!!!
My 2007 mercedes c230 smells of gas if I fill the tank more than half way. It only has 50,000 miles on it
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz c230. The contact stated that when fuel tank was full, there was a fuel odor inside the vehicle. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the canister shut off valve and the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 185,000.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Mercedes Benz C230 fuel smell
Which Mercedes Benz C230 years have gas smell in the cabin problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2007 (39 complaints), 2003 (2 complaints) and 2004 (1 complaints).
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