2007 MERCEDES-BENZ C230 Complaints

TAKATA AIRBAG REPLACING DUE TO RECALL AND TRANSVERSE CASE IS DEFECTIVE WAS TOLD BY MERCEDES BENZ OF NORTH PALM BEACH FLA THAT IT WOULD COST OVER 12,OOO.OO TO GET CAR FIXED AT 40 MILES PER HOUR CAR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING VERIFY INFO WITH ROB AT MERCEDES DEALERSHIP 561-203-8958 WAS TOLD BY BETTER BUSINESS BREAU TO TRY AND CONTACT YOU ALL FIRST , IM SAD BECAUSE OF ME BEING UNABLE TO AFFORD THIS CAR REPAIR BILL DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 100,OOO MILES CAR WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING GOING AT A RATE OF 40 MILES PER HOUR ON A BUISY HIGHWAY MOTORIST STRANDED WITH A WALKING DISABILITY, ESP LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TRYING TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE WOULD NOT HAD TO BE TOWED NOW AT MERCEDES DEALERSHIP NORTH PALM BEACH , DEALER SHIP ADVISED WOULD COST 12,OOO.OO TO REPAIR RECALL WAS TOO LATE TO FILE DEADLINE 2-15-16.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH MERCEDES BENZ STATED ITS THE MAGNETIC STABILIZER . WHICH WAS STATED THAT A RECALL MAYBE COMING. THIS CAUSES A MALFUNCTION IN HAVING YOUR EMISSION TO HAVE A FAULTY READING. I HAVE LESS THAN 120,000 ON IT . WHEN I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP OR SERVICE THE LIGHT STILL CAME ON. TO MY UNDERSTANDING A CLASS ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST THE COMPANY BY THIS MODEL WAS SKIPPED OVER.

MY VEHICLE BECAME STUCK ON ONE GEAR AS I ENTERED THE FREEWAY. I HAD MY KIDS WITH ME AND I HAD TO PULL OVER THE SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN, IT RESET ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW. NOW ITS HAPPENING ON STOP LIGHTS AS I TRY TO ACCELERATE, IT FEELS ITS DRAGGING AND CARS BEHIND ME ARE HONKING AT ME TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. IT IS UNSAFE AND I CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT OR BUY ANOTHER ONE. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND MUCH MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WHY HAS NO ONE DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE? MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR AND I AM NOT SURE IF SHE WILL RESPOND IN THE SAME FASHION AS I DID WHEN PRESENTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS EVENT IF IT OCCURS. I WANTED SOMEONE WITH SOME CLOUT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS JUST IN CASE A DISASTER OCCURS I KNOW WHO TO GO AFTER. PLEASE MAKE MERCEDES BENZ RESPONSIBLE AND FIX THIS FREE OF CHARGE. THIS IS MY ONLY CAR AND IT WAS NOT CHEAP AND NOW TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM I AM SURE THEY KNOW IS A PROBLEM....ITS RIDICULOUS. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. JUST LOOK UP 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 STUCK ON GEAR AND YOU WILL SEE HOW BIG THIS ISSUE IS. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JANUARY 2016.

THE CAR STAYS IN FIRST GEAR AND I HAVE TO STOP AND PULL OVER. PUT IT IN PARK AND IT JERKS VERY BADLY GOING IT TO PARK. THEN I TURN IT OFF, AND BACK ON. THEN EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL, UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR. THERE IS 113 COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR AND ALMOST NONE ARE FROM THE ONLY RECALL THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ISSUED. THIS HAPPENS ON A RED LIGHT. IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGH WAY. IN REVERSE. I WISH I NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR. SOME PEOPLE PAID 1500 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I THOUGHT MERCEDES MEANT HIGH QUALITY. AT LEAST THEY CAN ADMIT THEIR MISTAKE AND FIX IT FOR THE PEOPLE SUFFERING BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THE CAR HAS 94000 MILES. MY HONDA WENT TO 200,000 WITH OUT ISSUES.

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT, GOES INTO LIMP MODE. TURN THE CAR OFF, WAIT A COUPLE MINUTES, RESTART THE CAR AND IT DRIVES FINE. THIS FIRST HAPPENED MAY 2015 WITH 66,000 MILES. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US THIS IS A VERY COMMON MERCEDES TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE CHOOSE TO REPLACE THE FLUID, AND IT DID SEEM TO HELP. NOW WE HAVE 79,500 MILES AND IT GOES INTO LIMP MODE ONCE A WEEK. THE FLUID WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST 100,000 MILES. OUR MECHANIC SAID THE FLUID WE CHANGED WAS CLEAN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, A KNOWN MERCEDES DEFECT WITH THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRONICS. THE NEXT STEP IF WE DECIDE TO KEEP THE CAR IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CONDUCTOR PLATE. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A MERCEDES. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BABIED BY MY WIFE, AND HAS LESS THAN 100,000 IN 9 YEARS. ANY JAPANESE AUTOMOBILE WOULD HAVE EASILY PROVIDED DOUBLE THE LIFE BEFORE FAILURE. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO BE FACING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS TO A CAR WITH ON 79,500 MILES.

I PURCHASED A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 IN 2006 FROM THE MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE GARAGE.I'VE ONLY DROVE TO CHURCH AND THAT'S IT 700 MILES IS WHAT'S ON MY CAR.I'VE NOTICED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I PUT GAS IT, YOU CAN SMELL IT STRONG. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE GAS (SUPREME) WHAT I'VE BEEN USING. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING TO GET A OIL CHANGE WHEN THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS LEAKING FUEL.THERE ARE TWO RUBBER SEALS ONE GOES ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE UNDER THE BACK SEAT. HE TOLD ME THAT IS GOING TO COST $700.00. I ASKED HIM HOW IS DID THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR LIKE THAT FOR SOMETHING TO GO WRONG WITH IT. HE STATES THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND DRIVING THE CAR COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR WORST BLOW UP.THE GAS IS LEAKING AND DRIVING THE CAR IF YOU SUDDENLY HAVE TO STOP THE GAS WOULD LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE,IF THE PIPE IS HOT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I SAID WELL THAT HAS NOT COME FROM ME,I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MY CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID SIR, NO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY YOU.I SAID THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BECAUSE MY CAR IS BRAND NEW NOT BY THE YEAR BUT BY THE MILEAGE AND FIR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BE SO DANGEROUS.HE AGREED AND SAID HE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.HE PUT ME IN A RENTAL FROM FRI-MON AND SAID HE WILL CALL ME WHEN MY CAR IS FIXED. I GET HOME AND LATER AROUND 6PM HE CALLED ME AND SAID IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE WRONG FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE GAS LEAK AND NOW WANT TO CHARGE ME $1500.00 I TOLD HIM I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. AND I NEED HELP WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL OR SOMETHING.BECAUSE I SEEN I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM.I FEEL THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.THE SERVICE ADVISOR AGREED WITH ME THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A MALFUNCTION ON THEIR END. I NEED HELP! THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTING JERKING AS IF IT WERE TO STALL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONDUCTOR PLATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN FUEL TANK WAS FULL, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CANISTER SHUT OFF VALVE AND THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED MY VEHICLE GOING INTO LIMP MODE DUE TO THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE HAVING. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION, TRYING TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER VEHICLE, TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ENTERING THE INTERSTATE, BUT NOTHING PARTICULAR SEEMS TO TRIGGER IT. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHIFT TO PARK, AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT, WHICH WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. UNTIL NOW. AFTER THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RESET. IT IS STUCK IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE SECOND GEAR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MERCEDES BENZ HAS NOT BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 722.9 TRANSMISSION. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WORLD WIDE. IT HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN INJURY AND DEATH AND IT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, ON TOP OF THE VALVE BODY. MERCEDES REFUSES TO SELL THE PART TO ANYONE OTHER THAN MERCEDES REPAIR SHOPS. MY CAR ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES ON IT, I BOUGHT IT USED 6 MONTHS AGO.