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2007 Mercedes-Benz E550 fuel/propulsion system problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2007 Mercedes-Benz E55049% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
49%
share of all complaints
70,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • When I filled up gas and start the car, it has gas smell. seems like fuel is pooling on the left side on top of the fule filter module underneath the cushion. Searched the internet and found out it is a common problem on Mercedes.

    filed Jan 18, 2025

  • Car smells like gas inside and out until about half a tank after reviewing mercedes benz forms in the benz world website it is a very common problem with the e500 and e550 in the years between 2005 and 2008 vehicles there are numerous complaints about it and not sure when it started I've just…

    filed Jul 29, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other E550 years

YearReportsShare
2011 E55023%
2010 E55011%
E550 fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.