1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 Problems & Recalls

ON JULY 30, 2015 AROUND 1900 HRS. I WAS LEAVING HOME GOING TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM AROUND THE CORNER. I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT (RED). BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN A LOUD BANG HAPPENED THEN SCRAPING. I GOT OUT THE CAR TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AND OBSERVED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS SAGGING. I RETRACED MY TRACK...

Mileage: 150,000

ON JULY 30, 2015 AROUND 1900 HRS. I WAS LEAVING HOME GOING TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM AROUND THE CORNER. I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT (RED). BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN A LOUD BANG HAPPENED THEN SCRAPING. I GOT OUT THE CAR TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AND OBSERVED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS SAGGING. I RETRACED MY TRACK...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE UPPER SPRING PERCHES BECAME FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OVER A BUMP AND A LOUD POPPING NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FALL TOWARDS THE GROUND AND TILT TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 151,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MERCEDES C280. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIGHTS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT AND HAD BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE BURNING OUT AND CREATING A FIRE HAZARD. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS NOT D...

AFTER ARRIVING HOME AND DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX AT A SLOW SPEED, WE HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THEN, AS WE WERE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, WE HEARD A GRINDING OR DRAGGING NOISE. WHILE LOOKING UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE TO SEE IF SOMETHING HAD COME LOOSE, THE LEFT SIDE OF T...

Mileage: 196,000

AFTER ARRIVING HOME AND DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX AT A SLOW SPEED, WE HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THEN, AS WE WERE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, WE HEARD A GRINDING OR DRAGGING NOISE. WHILE LOOKING UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE TO SEE IF SOMETHING HAD COME LOOSE, THE LEFT SIDE OF T...

Mileage: 196,000

ON NOVEMBER 24, 2010 OUR 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 SEDAN ENGINE STALLED/STOPPED RUNNING WITH NO WARNING. FORTUNATELY FOR US WE WERE NOT ON A FAST MOVING SURFACE STREET, A HIGHWAY OR A FREEWAY. THIS SITUATION, WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS/STOPS MAKES IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR AND STOP IT...

Mileage: 19,559

1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 DRIVERS SIDE SPRING PERCH RUSTED AND BROKE . CAUSING SPRING TO FLY OFF LOWER CONTROL ARM AND SUSPENSION TO DROP . THE FRONT STEERING WOULD NO LONGER OPERATE BECAUSE WHEEL WAS TRAPPED IN WHEEL WELL. THE INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY DISABLED . CAR WAS TOWED TO REPAIR AND NEW SPRING ...

Mileage: 148,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280. THE REAR TAIL LIGHT BULBS AND PLASTIC HOLDER MELTED SEVEN TIMES. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THEY REPLACED THE PLASTIC HOLDER AND BULB UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA...

Mileage: 45,000

SHORTAGE IN TAIL LAMPS AND MELTING OF BULBS. *TR

MERCEDES-BENZ 1999 C280. CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FELL APART WHILE AT A STOP SIGN NOT FAR FROM HOME, WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK HOME BEFORE COMPLETE BREAKDOWN. SMELLED BURNING RUBBER, NO FIRE. THE CAR HAS ONLY 25,284 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 25,282

DRIVER SIDE UPPER SPRING CARRIER FAILED ALLOWING THE SPRING TO BECOME JAMBED IN THE STEERING. DUE TO FAILURE OCCURRING AT LOW SPEED (UNDER 20 MPH) LOSS IF STEERING CONTROL CAUSED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE BY COMING IN CONTACT WITH A CURB. A FAILURE OF THIS TYPE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. *TR

Mileage: 109,174

THE ELECTRONIC ODOMETER NO LONGER DISPLAYS THE MILEAGE PROPERLY. THIS SEEMS VERY COMMON FOR THE MERCEDES C-CLASS BUILT BETWEEN 1994-2000. *NM

Mileage: 86,000

THE ELECTRONIC ODOMETER NO LONGER DISPLAYS THE MILEAGE PROPERLY. THIS SEEMS VERY COMMON FOR THE MERCEDES C-CLASS BUILT BETWEEN 1994-2000. *NM

Mileage: 86,000

MY WIPER MOTOR ON MY VEHICLE WENT OUT BECAUSE IT HAS ONE WIPER AND THE GEAR POWERING IT IS PLASTIC AND STRIPPED OUT. I KNOW TWO OTHER PEOPLE PERSONALLY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, AND WHILE SEARCHING FOR THIS PART USED I'VE FOUND THAT THIS PART IS SOLD OUT ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY DUE TO THESE MOTORS G...

Mileage: 172,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 172,500

HARMONICA BALANCER ON 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 V6 2.8L ENGINE. I'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AND STARTING THE CAR. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

HARMONICA BALANCER ON 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 V6 2.8L ENGINE. I'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AND STARTING THE CAR. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

HARMONICA BALANCER ON 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280 V6 2.8L ENGINE. I'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AND STARTING THE CAR. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS ACCUMULATING BELOW THE DRIVER FLOOR. THIS LEAK FILLED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH FLUID AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THIS. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED INTO THE SHIFTER AND THE REVERSE BACKUP SOLENOID IN SHIFTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ME...

Mileage: 54,500

A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE F...

A SQUEAKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM MY WIFE'S MERCEDES BENZ C-280. ON HER WAY TO OUR MECHANIC, HER CAR DIED, CONVENIENTLY IN FRONT OF ANOTHER MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH THE HARMONIC BALANCER WHICH FLEW OFF ITS APPROPRIATE PLACE ON THE ENGINE. THE CAR IS BEING LOOKED AT ON 8/31/04...

Mileage: 76,000

EXPLOSION OF MERCEDES-BENZ BATTERY IN VEHICLE.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SHE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY SMOKE FROM THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BATTERY THE YEAR BEFORE. THE CONSUMER NEVER R...

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. *AK

Mileage: 32,000

ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLY HARMONIC BALANCER FAILURE

Mileage: 48,370

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVEBELT CRACKED AND CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING FAILURE OF POWER STEERING/ ALTERNATOR, AND THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVEBELT CRACKED AND CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING FAILURE OF POWER STEERING/ ALTERNATOR, AND THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVEBELT CRACKED AND CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING FAILURE OF POWER STEERING/ ALTERNATOR, AND THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVEBELT CRACKED AND CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING FAILURE OF POWER STEERING/ ALTERNATOR, AND THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK

THE DRIVE BELT PULLEY OF MY 1999 MERCEDES C280 BROKE. THE BATTERY CHARGE LIGHT CAME UP AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR BECAUSE MY STEERING BECAME STIFF. MY CAR JUST HAS 49K MILES AND I JUST USE IT AS A COMMUTE VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 96V058000

Mileage: 49,000

THE VEHICLES FUEL TANK FILLER FAILED AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO FILL THE TANK WITH GAS. THE GAS CAME BACK OUT THE FILLER CAP ALTHOUGH THE TANK DIDN'T HAVE A HALF A TANK OF GAS. *NLM SOMETIMES THE ENGINE DIDN'T TURN OVER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS POOR ON GAS. *SCC

Mileage: 48,000

THE VEHICLES FUEL TANK FILLER FAILED AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO FILL THE TANK WITH GAS. THE GAS CAME BACK OUT THE FILLER CAP ALTHOUGH THE TANK DIDN'T HAVE A HALF A TANK OF GAS. *NLM SOMETIMES THE ENGINE DIDN'T TURN OVER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS POOR ON GAS. *SCC

Mileage: 48,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND SWITCH TO DIM THE HEAD LIGHTS CUTS OFF. TS

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PIPELINE MORE THAN 3-4 TIMES WITH THE CONSTANT ENGINE LIGHT LIGHTING UP. HE FEELS LIKE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING.*AK

ENGINE CABLE INSULATOR CRACK AND FELL OFF, CAUSING SHORTS AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LANE, HITTING VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

ON MAY 7 MY WIFE AND I TOOK A TRIP TO VISIT HER PARENTS GRAVES AND TO ENJOY A RELAXING DAY IN THE COUNTRY. AFTER FINDING THE RURAL CEMETARY AND PAYING OUR RESPECTS WE SAT DOWN FOR A LITTLE PICNIC AT THE CEMETARY. AS WE TIDIED UP WHEN FINISHED, WE BEGAN TO PUT OUR STUFF INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR, W...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TIMES. DEALER HAS DETERMINED THE PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REPAIR IT. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND THE BRAKING WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND THE BRAKING WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

HEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE A/C FAN WILL STAY WORKING. CONSUMER HAD TO REMOVE THE FAN FUSE TO STOP WORKING. *AK

FUEL SENDING UNIT AND FUEL GAUGE FAILED TWICE WITHIN 1 WEEK PERIOD OF TIME (AFTER DEALER REPLACED IT). CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. ROAD CONDITION AT THE TIME WAS BAD. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AFTERWARD. *AK

FUEL SENDING UNIT AND FUEL GAUGE FAILED TWICE WITHIN 1 WEEK PERIOD OF TIME (AFTER DEALER REPLACED IT). CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. ROAD CONDITION AT THE TIME WAS BAD. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AFTERWARD. *AK