Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / E320 / 2000

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002088804 Incident Date: Jan, 28 2002
Consumer's City: RIVERSIDE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: E320 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WDBJF70J3YB Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 21 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 30 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Fuel gauge indicates low fuel level when the tank is full and indicates full tank when there is no fuel. fuel sending unit replaced 2 times already. the first time on 02/01/00 with only 1064 miles on the car. the second time on 01/29/02 with 19175 miles on the car. a brief search on the internet found many other owners of mercedes-benz cars had similar fuel sending unit problem. however, mercedes-benz continues to say there is no problem with the fuel sending unit in their cars. *ak