2007 MERCEDES-BENZ C230 Complaints

I WAS ON THE FWY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME IT COMPLETELY TURN OFF. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IT DOES THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I'M ON THE FWY OUT OF NO WHERE THE CAR SHUT DOWN. I HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES UNTIL I CAN TURN ON AGAIN I ALMOST GOT INTO A HUGE ACCIDENT WITH A BIG RIG AND I HAD MY MANAGER WHO WITNESS HOW THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. I FEEL THAT THE CAR IS VERY UNSAFE STEERING WHEEL NOT STABLE CORRECTLY AND I FEEL THAT IT HAS SOME KIND OF ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT THE WEIRD PART NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES UP TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THEN 3X AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE. *TR

I OWN A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 AND HAVE A FUEL SMELL THAT IS OVERPOWERING ESPECIALLY AFTER FUELING UP. HAS A RECALL BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY OWNERS? CAN THIS CATCH ON FIRE???? *TR

CAR BEING DRIVEN BY MY 24-YEAR OLD SON WITH COMPLETELY CLEAN DRIVERS RECORD NEAR HIS BUTLER UNIVERSITY HE ATTENDS ON MAIN ROAD 38TH STREET, INDIANAPOLIS A FLAT STRETCH, AT 3:00 PM AT SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH AND 1.5 BLOCKS AHEAD NOTICING RED LIGHT WENT TO BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, FAILING TO STOP CAR, WHICH WENT THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND INTO THE INTERSECTION INTO THE TRAFFIC. HE WAS ABLE TO DODGE AROUND THE FIRST CAR THAT WOULD HAVE T-BONED HIM AND SANDWICHED HIM AGAINST ANOTHER BUT COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. VERY THANKFUL HIS INJURIES WERE NOT FATAL OR PERMANENT AND HE REMAINED CALM AND HANDLED THE CAR IN BEST POSSIBLE WAY. NO RED LIGHT ALERT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL AS TO ANYTHING BEING WRONG AND THIS CAR METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AT MERCEDES DEALERSHIP. WITNESSES SAID ALSO SAW SMOKE COMING FROM BRAKES. NO BRAKE FUNCTION AT ALL. BRAKES PERFECTLY NORMAL BEFOREHAND IN PREVIOUS DRIVING AND IN TRAVELING FROM HIS STUDENT HOUSE THAT DAY. *TR

MY 2007 C230 MERCEDES BENZ HAVE A STRONG FUEL ODOR AFTER CAME FROM THE REAR SEAT AFTER EACH FILLED UP. BUT NO FUEL LEAK ON THE GROUND. THIS IS SIMILAR PROBLEM AMONG E CLASS MODEL. ARE THERE ANY RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES C230. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WITH THE VEHICLE IN SECOND GEAR, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

THE MERCEDES BENZ C230 WITH 69,000 MILES HAS AFTER COMING TO A STOP - I WOULD PLACE FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY GET MOVING WOULD MOVE SLOWLY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR. IT WOULD BARELY MOVE. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO AND THE VEHICLE RPM'S WOULD REV BEYOND NORMAL RPM'S. THIS COULD HAPPEN ALSO AT ANY SPEED. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND THE FOLLOWING PARTS HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE AND MERCEDES IS CONTROLLING THE USE OF THESE PARTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN UNSAFE DESIGN AND CAN PROVE TO BE HAZARDOUS TO DRIVERS.. I WENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A LOCAL VERY REPUTABLE THIRD PARTY DEALER AND MERCEDES BENZ WOULD NOT SELL THE NECESSARY REPAIR PARTS TO ANY NON MERCEDES DEALER. IT IS MY OPINION BASED ON READING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSORS HAVE A FAULTY DESIGN AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS BE INVESTIGATED BY THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD AND PROVIDE FOR A RECALL OF THESE ITEMS AND NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF VEHICLES. MERCEDES BENZ IS AWARE THAT THEY BUILD A UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE POWER TRAIN FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

THERE IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THE M272 ENGINE. THE ENGINE BALANCE SHAFT SPROCKET WAS MADE OF SOFT METAL WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVE SPROCKET TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THIS WEAR CAUSES THE TIMING OF THE ENGINE TO BECOME OFF, WHICH THEN CAUSES THE CAR TO AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO LIMP MODE. IN LIMP MODE, THE CAR SUDDENLY CANNOT BE DRIVEN OVER 20 MPH AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO EXIT LIMP MODE. I APPROACHED A MERCEDES BENZ DEALERSHIP AND THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR WAS OVER $7,000! THIS ENGINE DEFECT CAUSES THE CAR TO GO INTO LIMP MODE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I PURCHASED MERCEDES BENZ C230, 2007 FROM THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP, AND IN A WEEK THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I BROUGHT BACK THE CAR TO ITS SERVICE DIVISION AND IT SAID THAT CODE WAS A PROBLEM. THEY DID SOMETHING AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF FOR A WEEK. THEN, I RETURNED TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER AGAIN AND THEY SAID THAT FUEL WAS NOT BEING SUPPLIED EVENLY IN THE ENGINE. SUGGESTED TO GO TO THE MERCEDES SERVICE CENTER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MERCEDES DEALERSHIP IN MARION, IL. THEY TURNED OF THE LIGHT BY UPDATING COMPUTER PROGRAM. HOWEVER, IN A WEEK THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I PURCHASED IT ON MARCH 31, 2014. I WENT TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP TO REFUND MY MONEY. HOWEVER, THEY REFUSED. THEY SAID THAT THIS CAR HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM A YEAR AGO. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP DID NOT CHECK WELL THE CAR'S BACKGROUND BEFORE SELLING. THEY SAID THAT THE BACKGROUND OF THE CAR WAS CLEAN. I CANNOT DRIVE THIS CAR TO LONG DISTANCE WITH THIS FAULTY. IT IS SIMPLY UNSAFE. I REQUESTED TO REFUND MY PAYMENT OF 13,500, AND THEY REFUSED. PLEASE HELP SINCERELY *TR

MY TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. COULD NOT MANUALLY CHANGE GEARS AND THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE WAS TO PARK AND TURN OFF THE CAR. I HAD TO USE MY HAZARD FLASHERS AND DRIVE IN TRAFFIC FOR A FEW MILES UNTIL I COULD GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND TROUBLESOME TO ME. IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE ON THIS SITE AS WELL, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON SUNDAY (8 JUNE 2014), MY 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 LOST ACCELERATION AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND THE RPM'S WERE RUNNING HIGH. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF HOPING TO RESET THE CAR TO THAT I COULD GET BACK HOME. ONCE I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND SET FOR A FEW MINUTES IT THEN WORKED WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIG HAS HAPPEN TO THE CAR. *JS