Table 1 shows one common equipment related problems of the 2004 Mercedes Benz E55.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Equipment problems |
2004 E55, I am smelling a large odor of fuel in the cabin and outside of car. Gas consumption has dropped significantly and feel of car ha dropped. Do not feel safe driving car with family. I smell the fumes in the motion and not in motion.
I have a 2004 Mercedes Benz E55 amg ,im the second orner of the car bought it on December 2012 with with ododmeter reading 118,000 during that time. I hardly used this vehicle because I have couple of daily driver car. Couple of month ago I smells a strong gas smell inside the car and engine check was on. Iwent ot my mechanic to check it and he cannot find where si it coming from. So I took home my car and didnt drive it for awhile. I only use it occasionally and until the smells is no longer coming. Yesterday , November 22,2014 , iused the car for work and everything seems normal. On my way home I went to fill up the gas full tank ,when I look at thwe other side of my car ,from driver side rear passenger area ,I saw a pool of gas coming form that area underneath the passenger rear seat area but coming from the metal lid of the car. Its kind of strong and the gasoline guy need to apply some chemicals on the surface of the tank where park my car during fill ups. Its kind of strong dripped and I decided to tow it to my mechanic on midnight. I do not want to drive it home because it might catch fire because its near the exhaust under the passenger rear seat. I went online while waiting for the towing truck and realized that there is a similar cases like this on this model,there is a recall for this car and im not sure if the original owner experience this before. What kind of assistance I can get from your agency to make sure this issue is taking care of. Its not very safe for me to use this car with this conditions and im sure Mercedes Benz will do charge arm and legs for this faulty design for this model year. Please let me know how to handle this problem and how can I get this fix through recall issues that NHTSA has issued for this model. Looking forward to hear from your agency . Thank you.
I smelled gas inside the cabin when I opened the door on 8/9/2014. This is the first time I smelled this in the car. I looked online to see if anyone had reported this problem and found many postings pointing to this recall petition. . Read more...
Started smelling fuel had 1/2 tank and thought something was wrong so I stopped to fill tank. Smell was so strong after tank was full I couldnt breathe and didnt leave station for over an hour. I thought car might explode. I finally found issue cause on a forum bad fuel senders. I cant believe mercedes told me its not covered under emission warranty. Im thinking of suing them because I know that the emissions warranty is not expired.