23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2015 MERCEDES BENZ C300
11 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 511 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns11
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints511
Complaints citing a crash14
Complaints citing a fire1
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 11
21V197000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
18V850000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
A car that cannot be properly steered has an increased risk of a crash.
17V627000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and 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
- 127ENGINE
- 66FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 63UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 49ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 33STRUCTURE:BODY
- 23STEERING
- 20POWER TRAIN
- 20STRUCTURE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 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.