2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 Complaints

I WAS PARKING IN LA FITNESS GYM. IN LA HABRA ON 3/11/14 AT 1 P.M, A CLEAR DAY, IN A SPACE IN THE MIDDLE PARKING SPACE. I WAS 90% PARKED IN THE PARKING SPACE & HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES WHILE FINISHING MY PARKING. ALL OF SUDDEN THE ENGINE ROARED & CAR SPEED UP & HIT THE SUV PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. THE SUV MOVED 3-5 FEET & TOUCHED THE CAR PARKED NEXT TO IT ON ITS DRIVER SIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2ND TIME. IN SEP. 2013 THIS CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS PARKING BEHIND A CAR BY A RESIDENTIAL AREA BY A STREET CURB. PLEASE REFER TO MY ODI # 10547151 FOR MY PREVIOUS REPORTING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ACKNOWLEDGING ANY OF MY EMAILS IN THIS REGARD. MY CAR'S DAMAGED IS BEING REPAIRED BY HOUSE OF IMPORTS IN BUENA PARK, A MERCEDES DEALER. PLEASE ADVISE HOW CAN I RECOVER MY OUT OF POCKET LOSS & HAVE THE MANUFACTURER FIX THIS VERY RISKY DEFECT. THANKS......[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY WIFE AND I NOTICED THE STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE EACH TIME WE BOUGHT GAS AND FILLED UP THE TANK. HAVE MENTIONED THIS NUMEROUS TIMES TO PERSONNEL AT THE DEALERSHIP AND EVERY PERSON JUST EXPRESSED PUZZLEMENT OVER THE PROBLEM AND OFFERED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR AND SEE WHAT THE CAUSE MIGHT BE. I FINALLY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT ABOUT A YEAR LATER TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE OR AT LEAST FINE THE CAUSE BECAUSE THE ODOR WAS GETTING STRONGER....ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CAR IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME AND SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $2000 TO REPAIR THE SEALS BUT THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST WITH ME. THEY SAID IF I DID NOT REPAIR THE SEALS THE CAR WAS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE...WE JUST COULD NOT FILL UP THE TANK. I WENT AHEAD WITH THE REPAIRS BUT SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE PROBLEM AND THE ONGOING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA AND THE JUNE 16, 2013 REQUEST BY NHTSA FOR INFORMATION DUE TO 528 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS....PLEASE ADD THIS COMPLAINT TO THE PREVIOUS 528. I THINK SOMEONE AT MERCEDES SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE ONGOING QUESTION OF TANK LEAKAGE....THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITH A LEAKING TANK. *TR

WENT OVER BAD BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE CAR NOW HAS A FUEL SMELL FROM A LEAK. GAS FUMES ARE APPARENT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCEDES BENZ E350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GASOLINE FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 2.5 YEARS. SINCE MAY OF 2013 I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE WHEELS (RIMS). IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE SO HARD TO LOCATE I HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE AFTER MARKET WHEELS. ONCE THE CRACK WAS RATHER LARGE AND THE LAST TWO WERE NOTICED WHEN I REPLACED THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE SMALLER AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT HOLD AIR IN THE TIRE. THIS HAS TO BE A FLAW IN THE PRODUCT. *TR

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR LOSES POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. NO CHECK ENGINE ALERT COMES ON AND THE LIGHTS REMAIN ON. THE CAR STARTS AGAIN ONCE I PULLED OVER AND STARTED THE IGNITION AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES IN 18 MONTHS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE LAST TIME I WAS COASTING DOWNHILL AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND, WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED, THE CHECK TIRE PRESSURE ON ALL 4 TIRES CAME ON. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THE CHECK TIRE PRESSURE LIGHTS DID NOT APPEAR. *TR

THIS CAR AUTO ACCELERATED WHILE I WAS PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET ON SEP 14, 2013. MY CAR ENDED UP HITTING ANOTHER PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR DAMAGE IS AROUND $13,000. IT IS THE 2ND TIME WHEN IT HAS AUTO ACCELERATED WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. THE 1ST. TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED I WAS ON THE ROAD & IT MOVED FEW FEET BY ITSELF WHEN I STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT BY HITTING THE BREAKS WITH LOTS OF FORCE. THAT TIME, I THOUGHT IT MAY BE MY IMAGINATION OR EARTHQUAKE, BUT THIS TIME, 2ND TIME, THE ENGINE MADE A RACING SOUND & IT JUST WENT OUT OF CONTROL & HIT THE OTHER PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME DESPITE OF ME HITTING THE BRAKES. APPARENTLY THE CAR BRAKES COULDN'T DO ANYTHING EITHER & THE END RESULT WAS I HIT THE OTHER PARKED SUV IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

EVERY TIME I FILL MY 2008 MERCEDES E350 UP WITH GAS, THERE IS A VERY STRONG GAS ODOR COMING FROM THE CAR. THIS STRONG GAS SMELL EMITS FROM THE CAR UNTIL I DRIVE ABOUT 100 MILES (REDUCING GAS LEVELS IN THE TANK). I PARK MY CAR IN MY ATTACHED GARAGE AT NIGHT. WHEN I WAKE UP, MY GARAGE AND PARTS OF MY HOUSE SMELL LIKE A VERY STRONG GAS ODOR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ E350. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TOP PORTION OF THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING GASOLINE ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THERE IS THE SMELL OF GAS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING, AS WELL AS OUTSIDE WHICH IS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE WHEN GARAGED. *TR