RoadVitals

2000 Mercedes-Benz C280 Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

Data refreshed

Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
4
Latest Dec 11, 2017
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
2
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0

What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Mercedes-Benz C280, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Suspension375.0%
  • Airbags125.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

3
reports

From owner reports, verbatim

BOTH FRONT SPRINGS CRACKED/ BROKEN

NHTSA ID 11054006 · filed Dec 11, 2017

I SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING ON A ROAD. THE CAR YAWED WILDLY BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING PERCH HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BODY, ALLOWING THE SPRING TO LEAVE ITS MOUNT AND LOSE TENSION. HAD I BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS SITUATION.

NHTSA ID 10846186 · filed Mar 11, 2016

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

1
report

From owner reports, verbatim

TAKATA RECALL, RECEIVED LETTER FROM MERCEDES BENZ SAYING I WILL RECEIVE A VOUCHER FOR NEW AIRBAGS GRATIS BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN. I HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH. TAKATA WILL OBVIOUSLY GO BANKRUPT BEFORE THEY COMPLETE OBLIGATIONS FOR 54 MILLION AIRBAGS...DISGUSTED CUSTOMER

NHTSA ID 10903155 · filed Sep 1, 2016

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .