2007 Mercedes-Benz C230 problems
The 2007 Mercedes-Benz C230 has 272 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (25%) concerns fuel system. Next are air bags (19%) and drivetrain & axles (18%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 272 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 200 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 40 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 32 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 28 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 11 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 9 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 7 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 200 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 75,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (54 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 12 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Mercedes-Benz C230 with enough data (73 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 mercedes benz c230. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH, the seat warmer was activated and there was smoke coming from the seat. The contact noticed that the seat had caught fire. The fire extinguished itself. The contact sustained right hip injuries that did not require medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the heating element needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercedes-benz c230. The contact stated that the passenger side seat warmer was progressively becoming hotter than expected. The last time the seat warmer was being used it burned a hole through the leather material on the seat and burned the passenger's, the contact's wife, leg. Medical attention was not needed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Car being driven by my 24-year old son with completely clean drivers record near his butler university he attends on main road 38th street, indianapolis a flat stretch, at 3:00 pm at speed limit of 45 MPH and 1.5 blocks ahead noticing red light went to brake to slow down and the brakes completely failed, failing to stop car, which went through the red light and into the intersection into the traffic.
I was driving my 2007 mercedes benz c230 at 30MPH and it just stopped running it would not move forward or backwards but the RPM would go up. I notice 2 weeks before when I wanted accelerate it wouldn't go any faster then 30MPH and after a few seconds it would speed. My concern is that there was not any indication that anything was wrong until the last incident where it just stopped. I had a few people checked and they believe it is the transmission.
I have a c230 sports sedan with 45,000 miles. The transmission had been sticking in gear, but if I turned the car off and removed the key it would reset and usually be ok for a while. Now it is stuck in first gear, and nothing I have tried has done any good. It will not shift out of first gear. It has an automatic manual transmission but the manual function does not work and even trying to shift manually does no good. This is a common problem with this model and yet mb has never issued a recall.