2009 MERCEDES-BENZ C350 Complaints

2009 MERCEDES BENZ C350 - STEERING WHEEL LOCK / $1400 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE MODULE. COMMON ISSUE WITH THE C-CLASS. *TR

I WAS LEAVING WORK, CAR WAS PARKED IN THE LOT, KEY WOULD TURN,LIGHTS AND DASH CAME ON, COULD NOT GET THE CARE OUT OF PARK, ONLY CLICKING SOUNDS FROM THE ENGINE. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER, THEY JUST CALLED AND SAID THE STEERING LOCK WAS BAD, REPAIR BILL IS $1100. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

FIRST DAY WHEN RECEIVING MY KEYS FOR A BRAND NEW MERCEDES C350 2009 AT THE DEALERSHIP...ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON. LATER FINDING OUT IT WAS THE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A MONTH LATER OF GETTING A BRAND NEW CAR CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE TAILLIGHTS. THEN FINDING OUT CORROSION ON THE BRAKE PADS. MONTHS AFTER THIS THE POWER TRAIN WAS SLIPPING UP... THE RPMS OF THE CAR WOULD SURGE UP HIGH AND REMAIN STUCK AT HIGH RPMS. IF I ACCELERATED THE GAS IT WOULD SHOOT UP HIGHER TO HIGHER RPMS AND THE CAR WOULD MAKE THE NOISE BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. I THOUGHT IF I LET GO OF THE GAS THINKING THE RPMS WOULD RETURN BACK DOWN... BUT IT WOULDN'T...HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AND HAVE NO CONTROL TO DRIVE YOUR CAR. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER SOME HOW AND TURN OFF THE CAR FOR THE RPMS TO COME BACK DOWN SO I CAN DRIVE IT AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THEREFORE, NOTHING GOT FIXED OR REPLACED JUST CONSTANT SOFTWARE UPDATES WERE STATED WERE DONE. SOON AFTER TAKING MY CAR OVER 5+ TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, MY SRS STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. I GOT THAT REPLACED AND PAID FOR IT A YEAR AGO. NOW BACK TODAY EXACTLY 12 MONTHS LATER REPAIRING IT AGAIN - SRS MALFUNCTION...AGAIN STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK ALL ALONE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRING MY CAR FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, GETTING STRANDED, TOWING MY CAR, PAYING FOR ALL REPAIRS AND GIVING UP WEEKENDS AND WORK TIME TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HATE THIS CAR! THAT I'M ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO PEACE OF MIND, I DON'T FEEL SAFE, CAR IS NOT RELIABLE, HAS EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY. NOT WORTH IT AT ALL! *TR

COMPLAINT: C-CLASS REAR LIGHT MELTING ISSUE. REAR BULB LIGHT FAIL ERROR. REPORTING A BURNING SMELL OF MELTING PLASTIC AND FAILURE OF REAR TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS. I WENT OUT ON THE INTERNET AND SAW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THIS HAPPENED TO AND THAT THE U.S. SAFETY REGULATORS HAVE OPENED A PROBE OF AN ESTIMATED 218,000 MERCEDES C-CLASS SEDANS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. I CALLED THE MERCEDES-BENZ OF SEATTLE AND EVERYONE THAT I TRIED TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT AT ALL. OF COURSE I HAD THE IT REPAIRED AND IT COST $541.41 AGAIN TRYING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT I HAD SEEN ON THE INTERNET NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING WHICH SHOWED ME THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I CALLED MERCEDES CORPORATE OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY COULD TO A GOOD WILL GESTURE BUT I WAS TOLD "NO". ADD ME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS AMOUNT SO I HOPE I SEE A RECALL COME THROUGH. *TR

REAR PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHTS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. STARTED GETTING A CONSTANT DISPLAY MESSAGE TO CHECK REAR BREAK, FOG, AND TURN SIGNAL. FIRST CHECKED FOR BAD FUSE. FINALLY WENT TO CHECK THE BULB HOUSING AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE WIRES WAS FRAYED. THE WIRE WAS EXPOSED AND THE WIRE HARNESS SEEM TO BE DAMAGED AS WELL FROM THE HEAT. THE WIRES ARE BAD AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I'VE NOTICED A SEVERE GASOLINE SMELL (INSIDE AND OUTSIDE) AND VEHICLE WILL STALL AT TIMES WHEN STARTING THE CAR, SO WE TOOK IT A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND GET IT FIXED. THEY FOUND LEFT FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS LEAKING FROM A PLASTIC WELD. IT SEEMS LITTLE ODD TO HAVE THIS TYPES OF ISSUES AT A SUCH YOUNG AGE OF THE CAR. *TR

MY TAIL LIGHTS STARTED TO GOING IN AND OUT. WHEN I WENT TO CHECK THE BULBS ALL BULBS ARE GOOD AND THERE IS BURN MARKS ON THE CASING HOLD IN THE BULB AND WIRING FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHTS. THERE IS A SHORT IN THE TAIL LIGHT WIRING. *TR

A DASHBOARD WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON, INDICATING MY RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. I OPENED UP THE TRUNK, AND LOCATED THE HARNESS THAT HOLDS THE REAR TAIL LIGHT BULBS. THERE WAS A BURN MARK IN THE HARNESS THAT HOLDS THE LIGHT BULBS. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME THE WIRING SHORTED OUT, AND IT NEEDS REPLACED. I HAVE THE PDF FILE THAT THE DEALER SENT ME INDICATING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.... THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING NHTSB COMPLAINT FILED ALREADY... HTTP://BLOGS.AUTOMOTIVE.COM/NHTSA-PROBING-MERCEDES-BENZ-C-CLASS-FOR-TAIL-LIGHT-FAILURES-144659.HTML. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL, SIDE MARKER, AND REAR LIGHT NOT OPERATIONAL. IT STARTED WITH THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL WORKING ON AND OFF, IT WOULD WORK FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND THEN ONCE IN A WHILE IT WOULD MALFUNCTION. NOW NONE OF THE LIGHTS ARE OPERATIONAL. UPON INSPECTING THE INSIDE OF THE SOCKET ASSEMBLY ONE OF THE WIRES LOOKED COMPLETELY CORRODED AND UPON TOUCHING IT WAS VERY HOT WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE ON. *TR