2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300 Complaints

MERCEDES KEY FOB NOT RECOGNIZED BY IGNITION. CAR LOCKS AND UNLOCKS PROPERLY BUT KEY FOB IS NOT DETECTED BY CAR. KEY FOB BATTERY IS BRAND NEW. CAR IS IMMOBILIZED AND NOT USUALABLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JANUARY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE LOCAL DEALER (MERCEDES-BENZ OF OMAHA, 14335 HILLSDALE AVE, OMAHA, NE), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THERE ARE TWO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL MERCEDES. MERCEDES ACKNOWLEDGED THE "TAKATA" AIRBAG RECALL VIA A LETTER IN APRIL 2016. DESPITE RECEIVING REMINDERS THAT MY VEHICLE MAY REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPAIR SERVICE AS PART OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, NO REPLACEMENT HAS OCCURRED. I WANT TO KNOW IF IT IS SAFE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH THIS ISSUE?

DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITY RISK YOUR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL BASED ON THE DEFAULT DECISION OF TK HOLDINGS, INC. (TAKATA). IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES DURING A CRASH THAT REQUIRES FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, THE DEFECT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR CAN CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO EXPLODE DURING DEPLOYMENT AND COULD RESULT IN SHARP METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

FUEL TANK LEAK- SMELL GAS IN CAR AND OUTSIDE CAR. RECEIVED NOTICE OF AIRBAG RECALLS AND LIGHT ISSUE AS WELL. MAIN CONCERN IS GAS SMELL EMANATING FROM MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN I FILL THE TANK.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MECEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V081000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALLS IN 2016. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE STEERING LOCK FAILED. STOPPED AT THE POST OFFICE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE CAR. THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD WORK BUT THE IGNITION WOULD NOT READ MY FOB. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TWO WEEKS AGO, WAS AT A CAR WASH CLEANING THE VEHICLE 4 DAYS AGO, TWO HOURS LATER READY TO LEAVE AND WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, ONLY ABLE TO LOCK/UNLOCK VEHICLE WITH FAB AND RADIO AND DASH LIGHT STILL WORKED BUT CAR WAS JUST DEAD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TWICE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS GATED AND NO WHERE TO LEAVE IT ON A SUNDAY THAT WAS SAFE SO TOWED IT ON MONDAY MORNING TO PARK CITY OF DALLAS (MERCEDES) AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE BEEN INFORMED IT IS THE STEERING PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON APPARENTLY WITH THIS MODEL. I HAVE READ SO MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. SO WHY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR WHEN ITS OBVIOUS THAT MERCEDES BENZ MESSED UP THEY NEED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR COST NOT OURS. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING. I DROVE MY BMW FOR 22 YEARS AND IT NEVER LEFT ME STRANDED. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE DUE TO SOMEONES NEGLIGENCE MY BMW WAS TOTALED SO THOUGHT I WOULD TRY A MERCEDES BUT TWO WEEKS INTO THIS DEAL I AM NOT HAPPY AND VERY CONCERNED THAT I MADE A TERRIBLE PURCHASE....

REAR TAIL LIGHT FAILURE . VEHICLE REPLACED REAR ELECTRICAL ON THE RECALL. HOWEVER MY TAIL LIGHTS FAILED AGAIN, THE DEALER REQUIRED PAYMENT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V081000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER (FLETCHER JONES MERCEDES, 7300 W. SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV) AND THE MANUFACTURER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.