20V298000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An incorrect passenger air bag may not provide adequate protection, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
2012 MERCEDES BENZ C300
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 333 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints333
Complaints citing a crash6
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 6
19V010000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V627000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and a crash.
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.
12V557000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
If the fuel filter flange cracks, it will leak fuel which may lead to a fire if an external ignition source is present.
What owners report most
- 113AIR BAGS
- 64SUSPENSION
- 30STRUCTURE:BODY
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- 12ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
- 8STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.