NHTSA Complaint #10610554 — 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ E350

EVERY TIME THE GAS TANK IS FILLED 100% FULL (ONLY UNTIL GAS PUMP NOZZLE FIRST CLICK) AND THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN FOR LESS THAN 20 MILES AND PARKED, I CAN SMELL VERY STRONG GASOLINE ODOR FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND THE ISSUE AND LIFTED IT UP. WHAT CAN BE SEEN IS ABOUT 1OZ OF GASOLINE PUDDLE ON REAR UNDERCOVER (UNDERNEATH GAS TANK). OTHER THAN THAT, I CAN SEE LEAKED DRIED GASOLINE PATH ON THE SIDE OF THE TANK, WHICH POINTS TO THE LOCATION OF THE PUDDLE. THIS STRING GASOLINE ODOR ISSUE CANNOT BE SEEN OR SMELLED IF THE TANK IS FILLED ONLY 3/4 OF TANK VOLUME. THIS IS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MERCEDES BENZ SERVICE AT COLUMBIA, MO. HOWEVER, THEY QUOTED $600 JUST TO FIND THE ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CLEARLY MANUFACTURING DEFECT, SINCE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR CASES CAN BE FOUND AT SEVERAL FORUMS AND SO MANY HAS BEEN REPORTED HERE. *TR