23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2017 MERCEDES BENZ C300
15 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 286 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns15
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints286
Complaints citing a crash17
Complaints citing a fire5
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 15
22V365000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
A disabled eCall system would prevent a vehicle occupant from contacting the emergency services call center in an emergency, potentially delaying emergency responders and increasing the risk of injury.
21V197000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V072000
COMMUNICATION
A disabled eCall system would prevent a vehicle occupant from contacting emergency services through the call center in an emergency, potentially delaying emergency responders and increasing the risk of injury.
21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
21V032000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
If the seat belt does not fully retract, the occupant may find the operation of the seat belt inconvenient and not wear it, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 77ENGINE
- 33UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 30FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 18STRUCTURE:BODY
- 18SEAT BELTS
- 15AIR BAGS
- 13STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 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.