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.
2008 MERCEDES BENZ C63
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 8 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints8
Complaints citing a crash0
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 3 of 3
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.
14V177000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
Dimming or failure of the tail lights reduces the ability to warn other motorists of the driver's intentions of stopping or turning, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 MERCEDES BENZ C63s 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.