2004 Mercedes Benz E320: fuel leak

Filed Feb 23, 2021 · Fuel system · 147,000 miles · MD

Driver is experiencing a heavy odor of gasoline after fill up. Vehicle is not overfilled/topped off. Vehicle was sitting inside garage when owner noticed a heavy fuel odor and notified fire department to investigate. Per recommendations of fire department, keep vehicle out of garage until issue could be inspected by a qualified mechanic. Mechanic inspected fuel system and found fuel leak under rear seats near fuel pump/sending unit. Mercedes benz refuses repair issue saying it is not a safety issue. Gasoline fumes/vapors are especially heavy inside a single car garage, and if a ignition source is introduced it could become fatal.

Filed Mar 1, 2020 · Body, Fuel system · 160,000 miles · MD

Heavy fuel odor emanating from vehicle. Vehicle and possibly structures could catch fire if fuel is leaking and an ignition source is introduced. Only viable reason why fuel odor is present is either the fuel tank is leaking at a location or the vent has failed. Vehicle fuel odor is especially strong if vehicle was filled up recently but is present 24/7.

Filed Apr 15, 2018 · Fuel system · 137,000 miles · CA

After filled up the car with gas. Strong gas odor and gas leaking from drivers side rear of car. While driving and while parked in the garage extremely unsafe!!!

Filed Mar 6, 2017 · Fuel system · 127,000 miles · OK

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mercedes-benz e320. After refueling the vehicle, the contact noticed a strong odor of fuel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the techncian speculated that the vehicle had a fuel leak. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 127,000.

Filed Sep 17, 2015 · Fuel system · CA

2004 mercedes benz e-320. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle warranty extension for repairs of fuel tank leaks. *smd the consumer stated in late 2009. He experienced a gas smell in the interior of the vehicle the smell became worse and eventually was noticeable outside the vehicle, too/ the vehicle was taken to the dealer to investigate and repair the problem. A leak was found on the left side of the fuel tank. The seal rings for the fuel level senders, fuel pump, filter assembly and harness were replaced in order to correct the fuel leak.

Filed May 29, 2015 · Brakes · 68,209 miles · CA

At the annual service the mercedes dealer tested the brakes and informed me the brake system sbc has failed. This is a problem with this model and has been the subject of a recall/extended warranty. It's an approximately $4,000 dollar repair and they claimed to have just discovered it only months after the recall/extended warranty has ended. They do not want to repair the brakes under the recall/extended warranty issue to do so but have said it needs to be repaired. The vehicle just underwent a recall/extended warranty authorized repair for a long standing fuel leak problem the month before. There remains a strong smell of fuel in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Filed Apr 9, 2015 · Fuel system · 135,000 miles · FL

The fuel leak, fuel sender leaks, I do not have enough to replace all those parts. It should have dealer responsibility to fix those issues.

Filed Mar 3, 2015 · Fuel system · 108,000 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 mercedes benz e320. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, a strong fuel odor emitted outside of the vehicle. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that a small puddle of fuel leaked from the fuel tank onto the ground. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 108,000.

Filed Nov 25, 2014 · Fuel system · 111,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mercedes benz e320. The contact stated that fuel leaked into the rear driver side of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000.

Filed Oct 13, 2014 · Fuel system · 69,227 miles · CA

Vehicle has a very strong smell of fuel inside the passenger cabin. Technician inspected fuel sending unit(s). Left side fuel sending unit was leaking fuel into the cabin. Left side fuel sending unit was replaced and seal on right side unit was replaced.

Filed Aug 5, 2014 · Fuel system · 80,000 miles · TN

We discovered that the car was leaking gas. We took it to the dealer who told us that the gas tank in this model had a problem and that it would be quite expensive to fix, approximately $2,000, he advised that this will likely only happen when we fill the tank and that we could prevent the problem by not filling the tank full...which we have done since but it is a great inconvenience and it scares us to think that we are driving a car with a leaking gas tank. Recently we became aware that there are many, many more owners like us and that there was a complaint process that we could use with the ntsb....I am responding within 24 of hours of knowing this. The mercedes dealer was not forthcoming about this and did not fully advise us of the seriousness of the problem and we are very disappointed. We are now experiencing issues with the car in passing emissions testing in tn (where we now live)....fl did not have an emissions testing policy. We have an estimate from a certified mercedes repair shop that it will cost almost $2,000 to fix this problem and we feel that it is a serious safety issue.

Filed Feb 25, 2014 · Fuel system · 66,148 miles · GA

Fuel leaking from top of fuel tank. Tank was cracked and had to be replaced.