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2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 — Complaint #1746633

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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY filed May 11, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1746633 (ODI reference 11416128) concerns a 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 and was filed on May 11, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 1, 2021. The vehicle had 46,913 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:delivery, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ E350 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:delivery failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E350
Component
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY
State
Texas
Mileage
46,913 mi

Complaint Description

I NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS IN THE GARAGE WHENEVER THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. THE MERCEDES DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS LEAKING GAS. THE VEHICLE HAS A METAL GAS TANK AND THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS BUILT INTO THE GAS TANK AND THEREFORE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $4209.65.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1746633
ODI Number 11416128
Date Filed May 11, 2021
Failure Date March 1, 2021
VIN WDDKJ5KB4DF

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.