2004 Mercedes-Benz C240 Fuel system Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 13%of 16 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 155,450miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the fuel system of the 2004 Mercedes-Benz C240, 13% of the 16 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 155,450 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was driving to work from parkville to baltimore city and my car began aggressively jerking. I drove my car on friday morning through the tunnel and the jerking was not as aggressive. I drove home on friday afternoon from work and I could tell that something was still jerking but continuously. Saturday morning my car was jerking so aggressively, I called owings mills mercedes and left it there. I was notified today, may 27, 2015, that my car needed between $1900 and $7500 worth of work. My coolant is leaking on the transmission. …”
NHTSA complaint #10721828, filed 2015-05, 130,000 miles“Bought the car used in june 2014, after every time I filled the gas tank, there was a strong smell of gas inside the car, august 2, 2014 car just cuts off while driving down the road, lost all power like it was getting no gas and just cut off. August 5, filled gas tank to take to shop and have it looked at and gas leaked from underside of drivers side rear area and again strong smell of gas inside the car, did some investigation to find out that this has been a problem with other mercedes cars. Apparently there has been recalls on the e series from the year 2004 for this same problem. …”
NHTSA complaint #10631279, filed 2014-09, 180,900 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10016670May 1, 2009Mercedes: the fuel level indicated in the instrument cluster does not match the actual fill level. This may be caused by a fault in the fuel level sensor function chain…
Fuel system: other model years
Other parts of the 2004 Mercedes-Benz C240
5 complaintsElectrical system
3 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
2 complaintsSeat belts
2 complaintsSeats
2 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
2 complaintsSuspension
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2004 Mercedes-Benz C240
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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