Fuel Hoses Lines/piping And Fittings problems of the 2004 Mercedes Benz E55

Melt broken gas tank, fuel leak: * drive shaft has sign of rubbing the heat shield * burned/melted rubber tube that covers the metal emergency brake line (passenger side) * burned/melted heat shield near drive shaft (passenger side) * burned/melted gas tank (passenger side) that had a hole and caused massive fuel leak.

Fuel tank leak. Garage is filled with gas smell. After reading on line, it seems that thousands of other mb e-class (model year 03 - 06) are having the same exact issue. This is a clear safety hazard and in the hot and humid virginia weather, the car is a mobile bomb waiting to go off. Please forward this to the engineer that is working/looking at the existing complaints for the same issue.

2004 mercedes E55 amg leaking fuel after every fill. Very strong fuel smell inside the vehicle after filling up (stopped fill before click). Repaired passenger side fuel sending unit under back seat at mb service but issue is still occurring after repair. During a 6 or 7 month period, mercedes has tried to fix on 5 occassions without success. They replaced all kinds of sensors in the engine dept and had the car for over a month but the issue was with the fuel related parts. They miss diagnosed the problem for the first 6 months. Finally mb diagnosed the issue late 2010 and replaced one of the sending units, the sending units were also replaced under recall for this vehilcle in July 2008. Mb stated the car was now repaired but after leaving the dealership the check engine light came on again. The car has now failed air care, an additional expense. All issues relate to fuel tank, evap valve and defective fuel sending units. Hestitation, check engine light, rough engine operation fuel leaks and smell. This is clearly a safety issue, fuel vapours are combustable. Now mercedes has washed their hands of the issue and we (consumers and owners of E55 amg's) are left to repair the problem at our expense. The recall campaign #2008-020001 in 2008 has resulted in repeated falures of the sending units however Mercedes Benz is not taking responsibility. There are over 40 owners of these vehicles on line with exactly the same issues. Mb USA needs to accept responsibitly and recall these vehicles for a fuel cell saftey issue. There is a potential for combutstable fuel vapours and I pray it does not happen before mb USA takes responsibility. Although the number of owners are only approximately 40 at this point, there may be many more out there with the e-class mb fuel leak issue. Mb USA needs to own up to the problem.

After filling the car up there was a strong gas smell inside the cabin of the car. It was so strong that we had to roll the windows down to help the smell go away but it was still very strong. After driving home and parking the car (2 mile trip home) there was a small puddle of gas on the driveway floor about 2-3 hours after parking the car. I had the car towed to an independent repair facility and was told the there was gas coming from the top of the passenger side fuel pump and that it was a common problem. They replace the o-ring and a couple of fuel lines and said that I may need to have the entire fuel tank,pumps and 2 of the fuel lines replaced if it happens again. I called the dealership and was told they know this is an ongoing problem but there is no recall and I would be responsible out of pocket and the cost would be $2500-$3000. How is a fuel leak that is obviously a defect from mercedes and has affected 1000's of vehicles not a recall? I did a lot of research on this and have found many claims of this on mercedes forum's so this isn't an isolated incident.