2009 Mercedes-Benz C300 lighting problems
Owners reported lighting problems in 119 complaints for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300, 14% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 119 14% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 94 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 15
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When lighting problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 33 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 31 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 94 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 49% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 15 fires, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
"takata recall" I was driving to work around 10:30 am in my 2009 mercedes benz c300 enjoying the commute. As I approached the stop light.....blank!!!! I lastly remember breaking ....to open my watering eyes to see that I hit another vehicle and don't recall anything at all. As I get up in realized that my head hurts and there was a small tear in the steering wheel as a small portion of the bag deployed but not fully.. It appeared to be a faulty bag that has caused this serious inconvenience.
Takata recall right tail light has a brown burnt wire, and the right rear tail light is dim. So I believe it may have been a recall on this problem. I was wondering if this is something that I need to pay for or would this be something that I could get a recall on? This problem happened while driving on a city street while braking.
Other problems reported for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300
- Electrical system 199 complaints
- Air bags 188 complaints
- Steering 137 complaints
- Suspension 37 complaints
- Body & structure 28 complaints
- Engine 22 complaints
- Brakes 21 complaints
- Stability control 20 complaints