2013 MERCEDES-BENZ C250 Complaints

CONSTANT ISSUES WITH VEHICLE ACCELERATION. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN TRY TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE CAR HESITATES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS EVEN WITH SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATES IN A VERY JERKY FASHION. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN CROSSING MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LANES. HAVE ALSO HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WHEN CAR IS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, THE CAR HESITATES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN JERKS INTO GEAR AND SPEEDS UP. I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR THAT MUCH BECAUSE I WORK FROM HOME AND TAKE CABS ON WEEKENDS WHEN GOING OUT BUT HAD A FRIEND DRIVE THE CAR WITH ME TO SEE WHAT THEY THOUGHT AND THEY SAID THEY DEFINITELY NOTICED THE ISSUE. I AM TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY WILL MAKE REPAIRS BUT I HAVE A FEELING LIKE OTHERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT I WILL BE TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. I JUST HAPPENED ACROSS THIS WEBSITE AND THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS JUST MY CAR BUT 11 OF 13 COMPLAINTS ARE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AS MINE. WHY HASN'T THE NTSB ISSUED A RECALL? DOES SOMEONE OR A BUNCH OR PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST?? *TR

I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING IN MY 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C250. THE BACK SEAT BELTS STOPPED WORKING. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT ALL OF THE SUDDEN NOW STATES IT IS OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS THE TRACTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

WHILE DRIVING TO GROCERY STORE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AND VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN (DECELERATED BEFORE ACCELERATING) AND THE VIOLENTLY TOOK OFF.. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE 8 TIMES TO DIFFERENT MERCEDES BENZ DEALERSHIPS IN THE ATLANTA AREA ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT ITS THE WAY VEHICLE IS AND TO LIVE WITH IT. ON MANY OCCASIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC VEHICLE JUST STAYS IN PLACE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND THEN IT JUST BOLTS WANTING TO LET THE REAR END LOOSE. VERY UNSAFE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS CAR. REGRET THIS PURCHASE TREMENDOUSLY. ALSO MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2012-2014 C250 AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. *TR

I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING IN MY 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C250. *TRW

ON 8/26/14 I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO TAKE-OFF, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT FINALLY DID BUT VERY SLOWLY. THIS OCCURRED TWO MORE TIME AT THE NEXT TWO STOP LIGHTS. I WAS THEN IN A CENTER TURN LANE TO TURN ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC & WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DIED AND THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY GAVE A YELLOW ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF & THEN STARTED IT BACK UP. FORTUNATELY IT RE-STARTED, THE ERROR MESSAGE WAS GONE & I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO MY OFFICE PARKING LOT. MY MERCEDES SERVICE DEPT. SAID NO CODES REGISTERED ON THE COMPUTER, PROBABLY BECAUSE I TURNED THE CAR OFF SO QUICKLY IT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO. TODAY, 8/17/14, I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS BACK AT THE MERCEDES SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, A DANGEROUS & LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. *TR

2014-08-04: ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 80 KM/H AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF - DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. 2014-08-05: BROUGHT VEHICLE TO 550 TERMINAL AVENUE. THEY SAID IT WAS JUST THE FAULT-PUMP AND THAT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART FROM GERMANY. VEHICLE WAS LATER RETURNED THE SAME DAY. (23505 KM) 2014-08-06: THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING OUT THE DRIVE WAY, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO 550 TERMINAL AVENUE. (23514 KM). THEY REPLACED A THROTTLE ACTUATOR. 2014-08-12: VEHICLE WAS READY FOR PICK UP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. BATTERY REPLACED. 2014-08-14: PICKED UP VEHICLE. THEN EXPERIENCED A LOW ACCELERATING AFTER BRAKING. WENT WITH THE FOREMAN FOR A ROAD TEST AND HE AGREED THAT THERE WAS A DELAY WHEN ACCELERATING AND THAT IT FELT LIKE ITS GOING TO STALL WHILE IN "DRIVE". 2014-08-20: THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY 13 % ETHANOL IN FUEL/ SOFTWARE. THERE'S A PINGING SOUND. BUT I BUY THE SAME GAS EVERY TIME 94 OCTANE FROM CHEVRON. I HAD A VERBAL AGREEMENT SAYING THAT MY CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND FOR ME TO COME BACK TO MERCEDES BENZ WITH A NEW TANK OF GASOLINE TO SEE IF I WOULD STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS IT WAS STATED THAT THE ISSUE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSE BY USING GAS WITH 13% ETHANOL/SOFTWARE. *TR

SLUGGISH ACCELLARATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE LAST 2 MONTHS. IT HAS HAPPEN ON A TAKE OFF FROM A RED TO A GREEN LIGHT. WHERE I'M COMPLETELY STOPPED AND FROM 0 MPH SPEED I START TO ACCELLARATE & THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT STALLS, ALMOST AS IF IT'S GETTING NO FUEL. I CAN HAVE MY FOOT TOTALLY DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL & THE CAR HESITATES OR DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL. I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I WAS BEHIND A SEMI TRUCK, I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES FAST BEFORE INCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE & I ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELLARATE. I'VE HAD MY BEST FRIEND IN THE CAR WHILE THIS TOOK PLACE & HE WAS VERY SCARED & SO WAS I. I'M NOT SURE IF THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE PUMPING THE GAS FAST ENOUGH TO GET THE CAR MOVING. THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO I KNOW. I'M A GIRL. ALL I KNOW IS, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR & IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT IT HAPPENS QUITE TOO OFTEN. I'M TO THE POINT NOW WHERE I DON'T TRUST PASSING OTHER CARS AND I'M EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN HAVING TO PASS CARS OR FROM LANE TO LANE. I DON'T TRUST THIS CAR. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TODAY & HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO MEET WITH MAX AT THE DEALERSHIP IN ANAHEIM HILLS, CA. I'M HOPING I CAN HAVE AN EARLY TERMINATION OF MY LEASE OR GET INTO ANOTHER CAR (HOPEFULLY A SAFE CAR). *TR

WAS ACCELERATING UP HILL AFTER MAKING RIGHT TURN; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE SEEMED TO STALL AND WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC SITUATION; MAXIMUM SPEED VEHICLE WOULD GET TO IS 17 MPH. IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO DEALER WHO RAN DIAGNOSTICS, BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM; PERFORMED COMPUTER "RESET" AND TOLD TO BRING BACK IF MORE PROBLEMS. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, SAME ISSUE RETURNED WITH MAXIMUM SPEED OF 7 MPH; CEL AND MULTIPLE DASH WARNING LIGHTS INCLUDING TRACTION CONTROL APPEARED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF SAFETY ISSUE AND POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENT. AFTER FIVE DAYS, DEALER CALLED AND INDICATED HAD REPLACED THROTTLE MOTOR. DEALER REQUESTED TO KEEP OVERNIGHT AND NEXT MORNING ENGINE WOULD NOT START; FOUND PULL ON BATTERY. APPROXIMATELY 4.5 WEEKS LATER, ORIGINAL ACCELERATION ISSUE RECURRED - WHILE PASSING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN A PASSING ZONE ON TWO-LANE HIGHWAY; WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE PASSING MANEUVER AND HAD TO FALL BACK IN BEHIND TRACTOR TRAILER JUST IN TIME FOR AN ONCOMING VEHICLE TO PASS IN OTHER DIRECTION, AVOIDING COLLISION, BUT UNDERSCORING IMMINENT SAFETY THREAT OF THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER YET AGAIN AND AFTER MORE THAN ONE WEEK, DEALER INDICATED THAT FUEL PUMP AND INJECTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED PER INSTRUCTION FROM MB USA. AGAIN REQUESTED TO KEEP VEHICLE FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING; VEHICLE REMAINS WITH DEALER AS OF TODAY. THE ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE PRESENT AN IMMINENT THREAT TO SAFETY OF BOTH DRIVER AND OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

2013 MERCEDES BENZ C-250 TURBBO CHARGED ENGINE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE STALLING ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION, AND THEN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT AFTER THE TURN, IT FELT AS THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO STALL, AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PROCEED FORWARD. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS RE-STARTING AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PROCEED FORWARD. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS A NORMAL ACTION WITH THE TURBO CHARGED ENGINE. MERCEDES BENZ REFERRED TO IT AS, TURBO LAG. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TURBO LAG MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.