There's a very strong odor of gasoline after refueling. Most noticeable when parked in the garage. I don't top off my tank. Just started happening this month.

- Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes Benz E350. After refueling the vehicle, the contact smelled a strong odor of fuel. The failure occurred intermittently and only when the vehicle was refueled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.

- Bloomfield, CT, USA

After fill up gas tank, strong fume very noticeable when park in garage entire house smell like gas. When drive also smell strong gasoline like its leaking. Very scary

- Marrero , LA, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that while inside of the vehicle, he smelled fuel. The vehicle was taken the dealer for inspection and they stated that the fuel tank had a leak and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,000.

- Kissimmee, FL, USA

Strong odor of gasoline fumes from car, especially after refueling. Fume smell goes away as tank level goes down. Brought car to fletcher jones motor cars in newport beach, ca, and they reported a high gas tank fuel leak, with gasoline building up in body behind rear driver's seat. This happens to be where my 8-year old son sits in the car - on top of explosive gasoline. Mercedes Benz denies there is any problem with the E350 fuel tank, even though there are numerous reported problems.

- Orange, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350. The contact stated that an odor of gasoline was in the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that the fuel sending unit was leaking. The vehicle had not yet been repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

- Henderson, NV, USA

I have noticed strong gasoline odors emanating from my car after refueling. I do not 'top off' when refueling. Researched issue online at benzworld.org and discovered that the gas odor issue I am experiencing may be related to a problem being seen in numerous Mercedes Benz E-model vehicles. This presents a very unsafe situation and I am no longer willing to park the vehicle in my garage due to the potential fire hazard. The pooling of raw gasoline also represents an environmental issue due to the evaporation and creation of toxic fumes. I understand that Mercedes Benz dealers are demanding $2,000. Or more to rectify the problem by removing and replacing the gas tanks in impacted vehicles. I feel that the manufacturer of this defective component should be held responsible to recall it and replace it. I understand that the NHTSA's current investigation action no. For this issue is PE 12001.

- Lawrence, KS, USA