2017 MERCEDES-BENZ C 300 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER FAILED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V251000 (SEAT BELTS) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE OWNER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. ## VIN PASSED ## MERCEDES-BENZ 2017 C300C4 ##

REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT NOT LOCKING AND CAN NOT DEPRESS UNLOCKING BUTTON. DOESN'T LOCK BEFORE STARTING NOR AFTER CAR IS STARTED AND DRIVING. JUST PURCHASED CAR 4 MONTHS AGO BACK SEAT NEVER USED.*DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE IN THE ROAD, AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD. THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN ROOF GLASS FELL INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE AND ON HER SON WHO WAS SEATED IN HIS CAR SEAT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT AND HER SON SUSTAINED MINOR SCRAPES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CALLED MERCEDES-BENZ OF FAYETTEVILLE (420 GLENSFORD DR, FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28314, (910) 487-0000) AND INFORMED THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,000. ## VIN PASSED ## MERCEDES-BENZ C300 C4 2017 ##

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE HEATER WAS ACTIVATED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL ODOR ONLY OCCURRED DURING THE WINTER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK HOSE CLIP THAT GOES TO THE ENGINE BECAME LOOSE AND CAUSE THE FUEL ODOR TO PENETRATE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. ## VIN PASSED ## MERCEDES-BENZ 2017C300 ##

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ C300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THEY WERE INFORMED THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE'S CONSOLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED DUE TO THE ENTIRE INSIDE BEING COMPLETELY BURNED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A REPORT WAS FILED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATING THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE DEALER (MERCEDES-BENZ OF STEVENS CREEK 4500 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SAN JOSE, CA 95129; (408) 641-4610) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V114000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY, TWO MONTHS AGO A FUSE LINE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALER MENTIONED ABOVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED REGARDING THE MATTER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING ABOUT 55 MPH AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND LANDED ON THE CAR, I INSTANTLY THOUGHT THAT I HIT SOMETHING BUT I DIDN'T IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A LOUD SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT FOLLOWED BY THE ENTIRE GLASS ROOF PANEL EXPLODING AND CRASHING DOWN INTO IN ME CAUSE MULTIPLE CUTS AND CAUSED ME TO SWERVE ON THE HIGHWAY. ## VIN PASSED ## MERCEDES-BENZ 2017 ##

CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AT IDLE THEN GRADUATED TO SHAKING AT ALL TIMES EVEN DURING ACCELERATION. ACCELERATION VERY SLOW, STUCK FEELING. BROUGHT TO MERCEDES AT 28K MILES. THEY STATED IT IS A CRACKED PISTON IN CYLINDER 1. THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE BUT THERE ARE NO RECALLS YET.

2017 MERCEDES C300 COUPE 49,000 MILES. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TO THE SERVICE CENTER 10 TIMES FOR ENGINE PROBLEMS " VIBRATIING, JERKING, SHAKING AND TICKING" LAST VISIT AT HOEHN MERCEDES,. SERVICE TECH SAID THAT THESE ENGINES AUTOMATICALLY VIBRATE AND JERK AND THAT IS JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST?? WTHECK???!! HAVE ALREADY HAD PISTON 1 CRACK AND BREAK, MECHANIC NEVER FOUND THE BROKEN PIECE. CAR IS MUCH WORSE SINCE THAT REPAIR. HOEHNN MB TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE ENGIBE BUT WHWN I PICKED UP THE VAN THEY SAID THEY DECIDED JUST TO REPLACE PISTON #1

CAR IS A 2017 MERCEDES C300 COUPE AND HAS HAD TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD 3 TIMES. PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD CRACKING. 1ST REPAIR CAR CAME FROM DEALERSHIP WITH A LONG CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE, 2ND CAR WAS AT SERVICE CENTER FOR 3 WEEKS TO A MONTH AND CUSTOMER CAME TO PICK UP THE CAR AND LONG CRACK ACROSS THE TOP OF WINDSHIELD. HAPPENED WHILE IN MB POSSESION

PISTON 1 CRACKED AT 48,000 MILES. MB TOLD OWNER THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT WHEN FINDING OUT THAT THE WARRANTY WAS UP AT 50,000 THEY REPLACED THE PISTON INSTEAD. CAR IS STILL SHAKING AT IDLE AND ROUGH RIDE. ENGINE SHAKES AND JERKS.