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.
2010 MERCEDES BENZ C63
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints6
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
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.
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
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1AIR BAGS
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1ENGINE
- 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2010 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.