2009 MERCEDES-BENZ C300 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES BENZ C300. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

DROVE MY 2009 MERCEDES C300 SPORT TO EMISSIONS STATION FOR TESTING. THE TECH TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IN ORDER TO START/COMPLETE EMISSIONS TESTING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. THE KEY WOULD TURN BUT WOULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. TURNING THE KEY RESULTED IN OPERABLE INTERIOR LIGHTS, RADIO AND THE LOCKS WORKED BUT NOTHING ELSE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER AND, JUST LIKE OTHER OWNERS, THE CAUSE IS A "BAD" STEERING LOCK. COSTS UPWARDS OF $1000 TO FIX, POSSIBLY DOUBLE THAT IF THE IGNITION MODULE ALSO NEEDS REPLACING, WHICH THEY WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY CAN REPLACE THE STEERING LOCK FIRST. MY CAR HAS 122K MILES, PURCHASED CERTIFIED PRE OWNED. I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING THIS ISSUE SINCE IT SEEMS IT COULD HAVE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE.

PUT KEY INTO IGNITION, STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T UNLOCK. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYS "REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION". TURN KEY TO ACCESSORY, NO LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD, RADIO REMAINS OFF, WINDOWS DON'T WORK. TURN KEY ALL THE WAY TO START CAR, NOTHING HAPPENS.

I HAVE A 2009 MERCEDES BENZ C300 85K MILES I HAD THIS CAR FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND I'M UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE .I HAD A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WITH IT TAIL LIGHT ,SEAT BELT AND NOW THIS ...TWO DAYS AGO I WENT TO A FRIEND HOUSE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM GETTING THERE BUT WHEN I TURNS THE CAR OFF FOR TWO MINS , THE KEY WOULDN'T START THE CAR. WHEN PUT THE KEY IN THE RECEIVER THE CAR READ THE KEY BUT NONE OF THE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD COME ON AND WOULDN'T UNLOCK THE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SHIFT KNOB WHEN A OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR THE CAR WITH TELL ME TO REMOVE THE KEY TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT CAME OUT TO BE A BAD EIS SWITCH THAT WASN'T READING THE KEY ,IT COST ME $1,670 I DID A RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND IT COME OUT TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR AFTER 70K MILES....THEY SHOULD MAKE A RECALL FOR THIS MATER

I WENT TO CLASS ON THE DATE OF 11/13/2015 AND WHEN I CAME OUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS ADVISED IT WOULD BE $952.56 FOR AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME. SO I INQUIRED ON HOW LONG THIS WOULD BE COVERED FOR? I WAS TOLD ITS ELECTRICAL AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, IT'S LIKE A CELLPHONE OR A COMPUTER. YET THOSE HAVE WARRANTIES AGAINST ISSUES LIKE THAT WHEREAS SOMETHING I PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DOES NOT. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THIS AND CONTINUE TO RIP CONSUMERS OFF. SOME EVEN ADVISING THIS HAS HAPPEN TO THEM ON THE ROAD WHICH COULD VERY WELL LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT , IT IT HAS NOT ALREADY.

KNOCKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. WAS TOLD IT COULD BE A CRACKED DRIVERSHAFT. GOOGLED AND SEE THAT THERER ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL. MERCEDES SHOULD BE PUTTING OUT A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE REAR PASSENGER LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V177000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE CORRODED CONNECTORS AND BULB HOLDERS WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONE DAY. WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BUT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE KEY WAS IN IGNITION. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND AM BEING TOLD IT IS EIS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 80,000 ON IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THIS YEAR AND MODEL. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY MERCEDES?

CAR WAS WORKING FINE. CAME OUT OF A RESTAURANT, AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. RECEIVED ERROR MESSAGE ON CONSOLE TO "REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION". CAR WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A FAULTY IGNITION STEERING LOCK, IT WOULD COST $1300 TO REPAIR AND I WOULD BE OUT OF A CAR FOR AT LEAST 1 WEEK WHILE THEY ORDERED THE PART.

FAULTY EIS - VEHICLE WON'T START. VEHICLE PARKED. WENT TO GO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. STEERING WHEEL IN LOCK POSITION AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DISENGAGE FROM PARK. VERY COMMON PROBLEM. SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL TO FIX THIS APPARENT PROBLEM.