23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2016 MERCEDES BENZ C300
13 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 368 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns13
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints368
Complaints citing a crash14
Complaints citing a fire8
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 13
21V961000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.
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.
21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following 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.
What owners report most
- 93ENGINE
- 64UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 57FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 31ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 24STRUCTURE:BODY
- 18POWER TRAIN
- 13STEERING
- 11VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.