Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Mercedes-Benz E320 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
PERSISTENT SMELL OF DIESEL IN CABIN AFTER FILLING TANK. LEAK ISOLATED TO RIGHT SIDE (PASSENGER SIDE) FUEL SENDER CAP UNDER REAR SEATS. SAME AS GASOLINE VERSIONS, THIS REALLY HAPPENS IN THE CDI OR DIESEL VERSIONS AS WELL. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION/RECALL SHOULD APPLY TO THESE CARS AS WELL!
FUEL IS LEAKING OUT OF MY E320 CDI, THERE IS ALSO AN INTENSE FUEL SMELL, IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME EXACT ISSUE THAT THE NHTSA PREVIOUSLY ORDERED MERCEDES TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANKS ON ALL 2003-2009 E-CLASS MERCEDES, BUT MERCEDES SAYS IT ONLY APPLIES TO GASOLINE ENGINES.
FILLED THE FUEL TANK WITH DIESEL. DROVE 240 MILES TO DESTINATION. UPON ARRIVING, SMELLED DIESEL VERY STRONG AT RIGHT REAR NEAR FUEL CAP AND UNDER TIRE WELL. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND SAW POSSIBLE DIESEL LEAKING. BOUGHT NEW FILE TANK THINKING THAT MAY SOLVE BUT KEPT SMELLING IT SO I DRIVE TO MB DEALER IN FORT PIERCE, FL. DEALER STATED FUEL TANK LEAK WITH ESTIMATE OF $3500. SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING ON OTHER W211 CARS AS WELL. FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE CARS. THIS IS VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE ON A SUPPOSEDLY "SAFE" CAR. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ E320. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000. PAM
MY 2006 E CLASS 320 MERCEDES HAD A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS A FUEL SENDING UNIT PROBLEM I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO PAY $1000.00 + FOR THIS REPAIR ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO COVER THIS? I ALSO READ THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS CAR VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL # 2008-020001 CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME I AM VERY CONCERNED. *TR
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY COMPLAIN THE ACTION PE12001, MY VEHICLE HAS A CDI MOTOR BUT IS LEAKING IN THE SAME MANNER I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT. I ALWAYS GET A FUEL ODOR IN MY GARAGE. WHEN I FILL MY VEHICLE IT LEAKS FROM SOMEPLACE AND LEAVES A PUDDLE OF FUEL ON THE GROUND ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE. IF I DON'T FILL ALL THE WAY IT DOESN'T LEAK TO THE FLOOR BUT I STILL GET THE FUEL SMELL. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE CAR CATCHING FIR WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN BUCKLED IN AND SLOW TO GET OUT IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY FIRE. ALSO IF THE WATER HEATER FLAME WAS TO IGNITE THE FUMES BURNING DOWN MY HOME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURES FLAW AS THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
I FILLED THE TANK OF OUR E320 CDI WITH DIESEL FUEL AT A LOCAL STATION AND DROVE THE SHORT DISTANCE HOME AND PARKED IN MY GARAGE. NEXT MORNING I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF DIESEL FUEL NEAR RIGHT-REAR TIRE. I DRIVE THE CAR NORMALLY TO WORK (~5 MILES) THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND NOTICED A PUDDLE OF DIESEL NEAR RIGHT REAR TIRE EACH TIME. DID A LITTLE ON-LINE RESEARCH AND LEARNED THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SENDER SEAL ON W211 MB'S, LIKE MINE. SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MB OF GRAND BLANC AND THEY CONFRMED THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACED THE SEAL UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. IF I WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, MB WOULD HAVE REFUSED TO PAY, FROM WHAT PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM ARE REPORTING ON MB FORUMS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT SUCH A PROBLEM WOULD HAPPEN ON A MB. MINE IS A DIESEL, SO A FIRE WAS UNLIKELY, BUT THIS HAPPENS WITH GAS VERSIONS AS WELL AND THAT IS DANGEROUS. MB SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO A RECALL. *TR
THE FUEL LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND, ONTO THE EXHAUST, AND THE SMELL WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE CABIN. WE GOT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED BUT WE STILL HAVE A FUEL CAP FAILURE NOW WITH NO RESULT. THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW PRESENT & USING A BAND-AID FOR THE PROBLEM WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. *TR
I NOTICED FUEL STAINS ON BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK AND SMELL OF DIESEL IN MY GARAGE ESPECIALLY AFTER FILL UP. I TOLD THE DEALER WHEN I HAD THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. THEY SAID I HAD A FUEL LEAK AND THE FUEL TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO FIND THE SOURCE. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE TANK, SENDING UNIT, OR SEALS....ALL VERY EXPENSIVE TO DIAGNOSE/ REPAIR. I MET WITH THE SERVICE MGR TO SEEK AN OUT OF WARRANTY COVERAGE AND GOT NOTHING. I CALLED MERCEDES CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY DECLINED TO COVER ANY OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR COSTS. I REMOVED THE REAR SEAT AND FOUND FUEL PUDDLING AROUND THE SENDING UNIT (IN THE TANK) ON THE DRIVER?S SIDE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THERE ARE FUEL LEAKS IN A HIGH LINE EXPENSIVE CAR LIKE THIS. MERCEDES CUSTOMERS SHOULD RIGHTFULLY EXPECT A LEAK FREE FUEL TANK FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT MERCEDES DOESN'T OWN UP TO IT AND ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE AND FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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