19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
2013 MERCEDES BENZ C300
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 340 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints340
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
19V010000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
18V043000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V627000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and a crash.
17V252000
STEERING
A loss of steering can increase the risk of a crash.
17V177000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the air bags do not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, there would be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 99AIR BAGS
- 63SUSPENSION
- 41STRUCTURE:BODY
- 26STEERING
- 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 14SERVICE BRAKES
- 13STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C300s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.