Other Fuel System Tank Filling/charging problems of the 2007 Mercedes Benz E350

I recently bought an 07 mercedes E350 I've found this same complaint on numerous websites the whole cab of the car fills with a terrible fuel smell only on the inside of the cabin but its so bad id hesitate lighting a lighter in the car until the windows have been rolled down and aired out its supposedly under the very spot my 5 year old granddaughter would be seated this is not only highly dangerous and flammable but will give the driver and occupants terrible headaches, nausea at times and in my opinion is a not only fire hazard but also a health hazard and it does this sitting stationary without the car running I've tried everything not filling the car to the top but even at a half tank you have the same problem its so bad I would return the car if the dealer would take it back this is extremely unhealthy.

The contact owns a 2007 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that after filling up fuel tank, the vehicle emitted an abnormal fuel odor. The contact stated that the vehicle had ceased to operate without warning while traveling at 50 mph. Upon investigation, the contact discovered an investigation was opened and closed under NHTSA action number: ea13003 (fuel system, gasoline) for which the manufacturer extended the warranty to 15 years with unlimited mileage. The contact took the vehicle to mercedes-benz of portland 1605 sw naito pkwy, portland, or 97201 where the contact was informed that the defect was related to the fuel sending unit and not the fuel tank. The dealer had refused to service the vehicle under the extended warranty and provided the contact an estimate of approximately $3,000 to have the vehicle repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and offered that contact no assistance. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2007 mercedes-benz E350. The contact noticed an abnormal odor of fuel inside the vehicle after filling the tank with fuel. Also, the check engine warning indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to mercedes-benz of bakersfield (5600 gasoline alley dr, bakersfield, CA 93313, (661) 536-5588) where it was determined that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 120,000. The VIN was unknown.

When filling the tank, there is an unusual smell of gas throught the vehicle. Which I attributed to gas being on my hand since I live in a state where most gas station are self service. Last week while driving, my car suddenly shut off while sitting at a traffic light. After vehicle was diagnosed to be a fault fuel pump, I started looking on line and found that this is a persistent problem with vehicle of the same make model and year, but not the vehicle id number. The manufacturer did extend warranty on some vehicles, but not tp all that have the same issues. I do not see how all vehicles could exhibit the same problem, but not received the same coverage. Although my vehicle was designed for the strict emission standard they have in California, I still believe they use the same gas tank on the same model year. To repair my vehicle, it would cost over 3000 dollars due to the fuel tank and fuel pump are one complete unit. While this may seem irrelevant to some, I started envisioning getting hit in the rear or some one smoking in or near my car that could result in a massive fireball of destruction. Please address this situation before someone dies.

Fuel assembly recall. Mercedes benz E350 2007 inside and outside pungent fuel odor when filling gas tank. Watery eyes, nausea, headache and chest congestion when breathing in fumes.

Pungent fuel odor after filling up gas tank. The smell is so strong that it causes drivers nausea, headaches, and dizziness. Local dealer (rbm of alpharetta) states: "my tech found the fuel sending unit sealing ring to be cracked and leaking when he pulled up the back seat. Then he got the vehicle up in the air an could see fuel residue on the back side of the fuel tank that had dripped down from the top. The solution for repair is to replace the fuel tank assembly, reason for this is your vehicle is a pzev or partial zero emissions vehicle. The fuel tank and sending unit are sealed from the factory for zero emission standards. When you arrived this morning I reviewed the vmi for your car to show you it was not part of the warranty extension for the fuel tank you spoke of. I still ran coverage for your vehicle to see if mercedes would cover the repair but it is outside the warranty period for this repair. " I'm not sure of the integrity of mercedes-benz, but I will soon find out. This is obviously the exact same problem experienced on the vehicles under the warranty extension issued by mbz, but since my vehicle was originally purchased in California (pzev), they are denying the claim. I'm assuming this is due to the fact that the repair cost is much more significant than the traditional (non-pzev) design. The pzev vehicles need the entire fuel tank replaced versus the simpler (and less expensive) fuel sending unit for the non-pzev cars. Otherwise, this is the exact same problem. . . Only a different fix. This is a significant safety issue admitted by my service advisor. He stated, that the car is dangerous to drive in the current state. I am currently escalating with mbz leadership and hoping they will hold integrity as a business and do the right thing and fix it under this extended warranty.

Strong odor of gasoline after filling tank. Vehicle was stationary. Noticeable by driver and passenger when opening door upon egress. Also when walking around rear of vehicle.

Strong fuel smell in cabin after filling tank. Vehicle was stationary and parked. Feels like gas was leaking in cabin. Strong gas smell is only in cabin and not outside.

I purchased a 2007 E350 4matic wagon for my parents July of 2011 with 47,000 miles. 3,000 miles later, we noticed a strong fuel odor after filling the tank. Took it to mb and a filter and seals were replaced which seemed to correct the problem. My dad noticed the problem again this past week. We took it in to a certified mb shop and the problem could not be detected using a pressurized test. The tank was lowered after being told by mb there had been a recall issued for the entire tank. The problem is, the full assembly system for the tank is not available and the eta for the part is unknown. Unfortunately, the authorized shop was told the part was available, so they ordered it and lowered the tank. Then mb called them back to tell them the eta was unknown. So now, the dilemma is that we have no part, the tank is lowered, the shop needs to be paid for the labor, mb has no eta on the part and my parents are without a car. Issue now: 1. Why were we never informed by mb of this recall? 2. Who pays for the labor at the authorized shop? 3. How is it possible mb has no idea of an eta on one of it's own parts? help!!! what do I do?.

Strong gas fumes after filling gas tank that will not go away the garage smells strong fumes, people in the car complains of the smell is this safe to smell and be confined within a car or near water heater in the garage. Seems like a hazard to me.

After filling gas tank, strong smell of gas in garage, especially around the rear of the vehicle, as if there was fuel overflow, but there was no fuel overflow at the filling station - did not top-off tank, stopped at first shut-off.

I have a very strong odor of gasoline after filling the tank. I am afraid that my water heater is in the garage with that gas smell it might explode. I took the car to dealer and they said it's normal . But when I checked the consumer complaint online many owners have the same problem. I have to park my car outside when I smell gas in my garage. Please look in to it before someone have to die because the defect. I never own a car before that had that problem and I think this is a very very serious matter.

2007 E350 has strong fuel odor after filling tank. After 3/4 of a tank then fuel smell dissipates. Reference #12-001. Also has been an issue with other mercedez benz e class of different years.

Took my vehicle into the shop for new spark plugs and a coil replacement. They noticed a strong gasoline smell coming from the vehicle. They removed the back seat where the fuel pump is located and found the fuel pump is leaking. You cannot just replace the fuel pump on this year/model E350. The entire gas tank must be replaces. We had noticed the smell of gas a few times after filling the vehicle completely up with gas and were wondering why it smelled so strongly of gasoline. Now we found out why. Mercedes is wanting to charge me to bring my car into an authorized dealer/service center to assess the situation. However, they want to charge me for assessing it and from there make a determination if they will even do anything about it since my vehicle is not under warranty.

After filling up my gas tank, for the first time after buying my used car, I smelled gas in the interior of the car. Once home, I could smell gas outside of the car on the driver's side. I researched this online and came to find out either the sending unit or gas tank was faulty with this group of mercedes. I removed the rear seat, then removed the cover plate over the fuel sending unit only to find about 5-6 cups of gasoline sitting on top of the gas tank. I tried to soak up this gas with rags, but the volume was too great, so I used a shopvac to remove the lake of gas sitting on top of the tank, right beneath the rear seat. I bought this car because I thought it would be safe for my child; I guess I was wrong when I further read that mercedes is doing nothing about this problem and the NHTSA has been dragging it's feet for 3 years on this matter. Would you feel safe driving my car, with your son or daughter in the rear seat, only to be rear ended on the highway by a truck? I am going to guess that you would say no, and that you would fear for your child being burned alive. Please take action on this matter now.

After filling my tank, the smell of gasoline fumes, overtake the inside of the car and fumes vapors outside and around the vehicle until the gas gage is reduced below full. The vapors and fumes are so bad that the garage and car emits the odors for weeks afterwards. I took the car to a mechanic and was told there is a crack in the "neck" of the fuel tank and mercedes is aware of the problem. Est costs to repair is around $2500.

After filling up the gas tank and parking it in the garage it gives off a terrible gas odor which gets more and more strong the longer the car is in the garage. Once the cars fuel tank empties somewhat it seems to not emit the gas odors while parked in the garage. I was told to reference action number pe12001.

After filling up gas tank there is a strong odor of gas in the garage. This goes away after 50-100 miles on the tank of gas. I have not noticed any gas leaking on the garage, just the odor. It seems stronger on the driver side of the car. Odor reoccurs after each fill up.

After filling up the fuel tank noticed a very strong gas smell coming from the car. There were no visible leaks in the ground our under the car. Continued to drive car and as fuel level dropped the smell went away. Filled up for second time and smell was back again. Began research into the issue and discovered there were 533 officially reported complaints and a lot more un-reported. Spoke with nathan (service manager) and Mercedes Benz of plano texas and he informed me they are aware of this issue but will not provide any assistance. Nathan recommended I call the Mercedes Benz USA customer support number and discuss it with them. I did this as nathan requested and I was told by customer service that I need to have the mercedes dealer officially diagnose the gas smell issue before they could provide any assistance. Customer service recommended that I pay the dealer the $90 diagnostic fee and then submit the paperwork to customer service. Once that is complete Mercedes Benz USA would decide whether or not they were going to provide any assistance and fix the issue. (this process seems backwards).

Purchased car on 2/12/2013. Filled car up with gas for the first time on Saturday 3/23/2013. Garage and car smell like gas so bad it actually entered my home and I had to leave the garage door open to ventilate. Went on line and found that there are some law suits against mercedes for this defect and they are replacing the gas tanks with still defected gas tanks and charging clients for them.

I pull up at the gas station(shell) and fill up my gas tank. . . . After filling up my gas tank. . . There was the smell of gas in my whole car cabin. I took my car to Mercedes Benz of south charlotte, charlotte, nc. On 3/13/2013. The service advisor(karl) told me it was the fuel sending unit that was bad. . . There was also fuel leak in my garage. . . The dealership told me they would have to replace the sending unit and the whole gas tank. . . . That would cost $3750. 00. The dealership also said ths was a common problem with the E350. . . And they don't know why there isn't a recall on these. I am asking you to please investigate and pertition mercedes USA to do a recall.

Vehicle was purchased on 11/04/12 with approximately 66,000 miles on odometer. Shortly thereafter, after parking the vehicle in the garage overnight, a very strong gasoine odor was present in the garage. (this is the only car parked in the garage at my home. ) there were no observed fuel leaks coming from the car or on the garage floor. I noticed this same smell around 01/14/13. (odometer reading about 70,000 at this date. ) after some searching online, I determined that there were several incidents of owners reporting fuel smells only after completely filling the gasonline tank. On both of my incident dates, I had filled the gasonline tank completely on my trip home. This smell is not present after using about 3-4 gallons of fuel. It is also not present if I only fill the tank to about 3/4 or 4/5 full, which is what I most often do. When refueling, I typically refill $20 - $40 at one time and do not completely fill my tank. I have not yet noticed any fuel smell inside of my vehicle, only on the outside and within the garage.

When filling up my gas tank I noticed a very strong odor of gasoline. Was very concerned that if someone nearby had been smoking fumes would have ignited. Also if traveling on the highway if someone had thrown out a lit cigarette who knows what would happen. I called the mercedes stealership and they said it's my problem to fix it. I recently read about a recall for the same issue on 2010 and 2011 mercedes. . . This is the same problem!! look at the complaints filed here for the same issue. . . . . . Wake up NHTSA and include these models. Does a car need to blow up first???.

There is a strong fuel smell in the vehicle after filling up gas tank. Dealer found the issue associated to fuel sending unit, which seem to be a recurrent issue with this model in mercedes. Dealer requires $1,400 to fix the issue. I have contacted mbusa to see if they can help with this repair. There has been a voluntary recall on the e class for 03-06 vehicles, however my car is an 07 model and there is no recall on this year, yet forums of Mercedes Benz owners are filled with same complaint for all e class models with chassis w211. Please investigate this issue. I understand there is an open NHTSA case pe12-001 that may be related to my complaint. Thank you for your prompt attention.

After purchasing this car in may 2011 from a used car dealer, after every refueling with filling the tank there was a powerful smell of gasoline as if it had been spilled. Going forward we tried to only partially fill the tank which seemed to take care of the problem for awhile. As time went on the odor continued to increase so in 8/2014 we took to our regular mechanic to fix. He replaced the gasket and still the gas smell continued. 02/2015 took car to mercedes where I was told based on my VIN that the fuel tank replacement was covered under an "extended warranty" that Mercedes Benz had offered. However, once the car was reviewed they then stated that this warranty was only for "plastic tanks" which mine was not and the cost to replace would be $2600 which was with a discount! it is clearly a problem that is not unknown to mb, but still no help. Car should have recalls related to this problem.

When filling the fuel tank, there is a smell of fuel when parked in the garage until 40 or 50 miles is put on the car. After that the fuel smell goes away. It happens only when I fill the fuel tank. I do not top the tank off. I only fill until the nozzle shuts off. One time after fillup I drove 2 miles and parked in a friends driveway that had a steeper angle and the car leaked some fuel out on the ground and the check engine light came on. I have not brought the car in for repair yet.

There is always a strong oder of gas outside my 2007 Mercedes Benz E350 each time I fill the gas tank. I never "top off" or over-fill the gas tank. I never smell the gas oder while I am inside my car with the doors closed and with the windows up. I never see gas on the ground under my car during or after filling my car with gas. It takes about two days (about 100 miles) for the gas oder to disappear. Until it disappears, the oder is very strong when I park my car inside my garage, causing me to always have to leave the garage door up about five inches after each fill-up so the gas oder can escape the garage. I am filing this complaint because I now understand that I am not alone with this problem. It appears their is some kind of design and/or manufacturer's defect in the fuel system. This is a safety hazard. It deserves an investigation.