2005 MERCEDES BENZ C320

4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints19
Complaints citing a crash0
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 4 of 4

24V8740002024-11-19

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

A detached sunroof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

22V9540002022-12-23

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

A detached sunroof panel may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

19V9180002019-12-20

VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

A detached glass panel can separate from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

16V0810002016-02-11

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What owners report most

  • 2AIR BAGS
  • 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 2EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 2SEATS
  • 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 1STEERING
  • 1POWER TRAIN

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2005 MERCEDES BENZ C320s 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.

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