2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C300 Complaints

PARKED CAR, NEXT DAY WON'T START. STEERING LOCKED. ALL LIGHTS AND RADIO COME ON. NOTICED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR SAME ISSUE. MERCEDES NEED TO RECALL!

I WENT TO THE PARK WITH MY WIFE AND 1 YEAR OLD SON, I PARKED THE CAR AND RETURNED A FEW HOURS LATER, THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED AND THE KEY WOULD NOT START OR UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CAR HAD TO BE DRAGGED OUT OF PARKING SPACE SINCE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK AND THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A BAD STEERING COLUMN $1600 REPAIR BILL, AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE WHICH HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND REPAIR, SO THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND KNOW ISSUE BY MERCEDES BENZ. I BELIEVE THAT IF THE STEERING COLUMN CAN BECOME LOCKED IT COULD POTENTIALLY TURN VERY DANGEROUS IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION BECAUSE THE OPERATOR WOULD BE UNABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE.

LAS LUCES DELANTERAS DEL VEHCULO DE REFERENCIA PRESENTAN UN ALUMBRADO TENUE Y POBRE, LO QUE REDUCE LA VISIBILIDAD HACIA EL FRENTE REPRESENTANDO UN PELIGRO A LA VIDA DE LAS PERSONAS QUE TRANSITAN EN DICHO VEHCULO AL GUIAR DURANTE LA NOCHE. EL 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2014, LA COMPUTADORA DEL VEHCULO COMENZ A INDICAR PROBLEMAS CON LAS LUCES DELANTERAS, IZQUIERDA Y DERECHO. AL SER LLEVADO A INSPECCIN, SE ME INDICA QUE ES NECESARIO EL REEMPLAZO DE LOS FOCOS DELANTEROS COMPLETAMENTE.

I FILLED MY GAS TANK UP FRIDAY EVENING, WENT HOME AND PARKED MY VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE MERCEDES DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SEAL AND CAP UNDER THE PASSENGER BACK SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE $434. NOT ONLY IS THIS DANGEROUS IT SHOULD NOT BE THE CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED FAULTY MATERIAL.

THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ACCIDENT AS IT INVOLVED A POLICE CHASE OF A FELON WHO RAN A RED LIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. MY CAR WAS HIT ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE AND IS DEEMED TOTALED. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN MY VEHICLE AND I REQUIRED EMERGENCY TRANSPORT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THIS ALSO INVOLVED A POLICE SHOOTING INCIDENT WITH THE DEATH OF THE OTHER DRIVER. THE VEHICLE IS PENDING TOWING TO A SALVAGE YARD.THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS A QUESTION OF DEFECTIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND FUTURE POTENTIAL INJURY TO OTHERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 MERCEDES BENZ C300. WHILE AT A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING COLUMN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED KNEE AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

I NOTICE THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY SOAKED WITH WATER AFTER A NIGHT OF HEAVY RAIN. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A FEW DAYS I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE IS A DRAIN HOSE FROM THE SUNROOF THAT IS CLOGGED AND THE REPAIRS WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I INFACT WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY AND WAS ADVISED BY THE SAME SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT CAME IN THAT SAME MORNING WITH THE SAME ISSUE!!! I THEN CONTACTED MERCEDES BENZ USA, SINCE THIS INFACT SEEMS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW OR VEHICLE DEFECT WHICH CAN DAMAGE THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS I THEN CONTACTED THE CASE MANAGER AGAIN AT MERCEDES BENZ AND WAS ADVISED THAT AFTER REVIEWING THE CASE THEY WILL NOT ASSIST WITH ANY REPAIRS. I WAS ALSO OFFERED A $1000 TO PURCHASE OR LEASE A NEW VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ASSIST WITH DEFECT IN THE CURRENT VEHICLE. THIS ISSUED SHOULD BE A RECALL CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT IS IN NO WAY THE FAULT OF THE OWNER THESE VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED WITH A DEFECT AND HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. THESE VEHICLES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND YOU WOULDNT EXPECT THIS MAJOR REPAIR AFTER JUST 4 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP.

CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD , LOST POWER, STOPPED, ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, PULLED IT TO THE SIDE, FOUND OUT FROM THE DEALER ALTERNATOR GONE BAD, WAITING FOR NEW ONE FOR INSTALATION AT THE DEALER, SURPRISING TO SEE A ALTERNATOR ON MERCEDES GONE WRONG IN 30000 MILES

ELECTRONIC INGITION SYSTEM MALFUNCITON CAR WANT START, ALL LIGHTS ON,RADIO WORKS BATTERY SEEMS TO BE OPERATING , TOOK TO DEALER EIS IS THE ISSUE, COST IS EXTREME, AFTER READING REVIEWS THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES. NO RECALL HAS BEEN AUTHORRIZED...THIS IS AN ISSUE MERCEDEZ BENZ

TOTAL FAILURE OF IGNITION SYSTEM, DROVE THE CAR PARKED IT, WENT TO GET BACK IN 20 MINUTES LATER WOULD NOT START, TRIED BOTH KEYS NO LUCK. CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE EITHER KEY BEING INSERTED INTO IGNITION. 37 DAYS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY LUCKILY ENOUGH THIS COMPLETE VEHICLE FAILURE HAPPENED AFTER MY WIFE AND I JUST FINISHED A ROAD TRIP TO VIRGINIA, IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPENED AT SOME REST STOP, OR GOD FOR BID WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD OF BEEN A HUGE SAFETY RISK. *TR