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.
2009 MERCEDES BENZ C350
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 96 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints96
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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 7
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.
17V017000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V363000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V081000
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.
15V711000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
The malfunctioning air bag control unit may cause the air bags to unexpectedly deploy increasing the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash. Alternatively, the air bag control unit malfunction may cause the air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, increasing the risk of occupant injury.
What owners report most
- 25AIR BAGS
- 20STEERING
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 5ENGINE
- 3SEATS
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
- 2POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 MERCEDES BENZ C350s 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.