https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercedes-Benz C204.9. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:13:14 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1703447 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM FAILED AFTER 59,000 MILES, LOCKE THE STEERING WHEEL AND WON'T ALLOW THE CAR TO START. MERCEDES CHARGES 1,800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT.. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED VERY DANGEROUS. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1701042 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY 2013 MERCEDES C250 HAS A TIMING CHAIN/CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER SPROCKET PROBLEM AND THAT IT HAPPENS A LOT ON THESE CARS. I FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT STARTS USUALLY AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY ENDS. THE COST TO FIX IT AT THE DEALERSHIP IS $5600. IT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AS YOUR ENGINE WILL EVENTUALLY GET DAMAGED WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND CAU https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1698320 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1696284 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT STOPPED AT GAS STATION TO GET GAS FOR CAR AS SOON I WAS PUMPING GAS I CAN SMELL & SEE GAS FALLING ON THE FLOOR RIGHT BY THE BACK PASSENGER REAR TIRE. WAITED FOR DRY UP. THEN WENT HOME PARKED CAR CAME BACK OUT SAW A PUDDLE OF GAS WAITED FOR DRY UP. WENT UNDERNEATH AND SAW THE RESIDUE THAT IT HAD LEFT BEHIND AND IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS CRACK FROM THE GAS TANK. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1695424 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 4 MONTHS & THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AT REFUSES TO LOOK AT IT UNLESS I PAY THEM FIRST. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1694192 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE,ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE. CODE P002. CAR HAS 44450 MILES. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1694193 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE,ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE. CODE P002. CAR HAS 44450 MILES. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1688228 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT MY VEHICLE AND MANY OTHER MERCEDES BENZ MODELS SUFFER A FAILED ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AMONGST MANY MODELS/YEARS OF MERCEDES BENZ VEHICLES AND ONLY A DEALER CAN REPAIR. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $1,900. THE CAUSES THE VEHICLES TO BE UNABLE TO START, AND VERY CLEARLY, A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1688229 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT MY VEHICLE AND MANY OTHER MERCEDES BENZ MODELS SUFFER A FAILED ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AMONGST MANY MODELS/YEARS OF MERCEDES BENZ VEHICLES AND ONLY A DEALER CAN REPAIR. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $1,900. THE CAUSES THE VEHICLES TO BE UNABLE TO START, AND VERY CLEARLY, A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1687064 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT THE COMPANY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE AIRBAGS OF MY CAR BECAUSE OF THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAIN TO THE NHTSA. MY FIRST WAS IN 2018. IT IS SAD THAT A SAFETY ISSUE BY THE COMPANY IS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE BY THE COMPANY EVEN AFTER 2 YEARS. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1686181 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE FAILED STATE SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO CORROSION PERFORATION OF REAR SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER, A MAJOR REAR SUSPENSION STRUCTURAL COMPONENT. ALSO REFERRED TO AS REAR SUBFRAME (PART NUMBER 207-350-97-02). THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DEALER SERVICE BAY WHEN DISCOVERED. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1683493 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT MY VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL LEFT WHEN BRAKING. HAD ALL BRAKES REPLACED AND PULLING CONITNUED. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, FOUND OUT THAT THE REAR CROSSMEMBER / SUB-FRAME WAS ROTTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. WHEN BRAKING, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SHIFTS. YOU CAN SEE THE REAR CALIPER MOVE UP. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SUBFRAME IS SO ROTTED THAT IT SHIFTS THE ARMS COMING OFF OF IT (EITHER TRAILING OR TORQUE ARM), https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1683419 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT I CAN'T BELIEVE I EXPERIENCED THAT .. MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN JERKED ON THE FREEWAY AND STARTED SHAKING . I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE .. THEN IT ACCELERATED AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'M GOING 25 MILES AND HOUR .. SO GLAD I WAS NEAR AN EXIT I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL ROLLED DOWN THE HILL , MADE A TURN AND SHUT IT OFF .TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GATHER MYSELF .. WHAT IF I WAS IN A MIDDLE LA https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1683420 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT I CAN'T BELIEVE I EXPERIENCED THAT .. MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN JERKED ON THE FREEWAY AND STARTED SHAKING . I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE .. THEN IT ACCELERATED AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'M GOING 25 MILES AND HOUR .. SO GLAD I WAS NEAR AN EXIT I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL ROLLED DOWN THE HILL , MADE A TURN AND SHUT IT OFF .TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GATHER MYSELF .. WHAT IF I WAS IN A MIDDLE LA https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1683421 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT I CAN'T BELIEVE I EXPERIENCED THAT .. MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN JERKED ON THE FREEWAY AND STARTED SHAKING . I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE .. THEN IT ACCELERATED AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'M GOING 25 MILES AND HOUR .. SO GLAD I WAS NEAR AN EXIT I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL ROLLED DOWN THE HILL , MADE A TURN AND SHUT IT OFF .TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GATHER MYSELF .. WHAT IF I WAS IN A MIDDLE LA https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1675073 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPUTTERING OR SHUDDERING WHEN STARTING MY CAR ALONG WITH GRAYISH BLUE/BLACK SMOKE FROM EXHAUST. I ALSO HAVE HAD CASES OF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN IT HESITATES, WHICH PUTS MY FAMILY AND I IN DANGER . DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY COULD NOT FIND ROOT CAUSE AND THEY STATED IT WAS WORKING TO MB SPECIFICATION. EVENTUALLY I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT JUST WHEN IT GOT OUT OF EXTEN https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1666134 Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT 2 CAMSHAFT ADJUSTERS REPLACED AT 104,000 MILES. SOME FAIL EVERY 50-60,000 MILES. WORK DONE AT HOEHN MERCEDES. BEFORE REPAIR - SLOW CRANK AT START, SOME SMOKE WHEN ENGINE STARTING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1660996 Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK SYSTEM FAILS IN EVERY MERCEDES BENZ ITS A DEFECTIVE PART. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1660997 Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK SYSTEM FAILS IN EVERY MERCEDES BENZ ITS A DEFECTIVE PART. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1659086 Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE P0002. ACCELERATING IN ANY FORM FROM THE STREET OR ESPECIALLY THE HIGHWAY MERGING ON, THERE IS A SUPERIOR LOSS OF POWER/ACCELERATION. VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU ARE A HAZARD COMING INTO THE HIGHWAY AND DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE ACCELERATION WHEN ON RAMPS ARE A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. I BELIEVE IT'S THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AS COUNTLESS OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICL https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1656888 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT THERE IS A GLASS ROOF PANEL BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE SUNROOF. THIS GLASS PANEL IS EXTREMELY BRITTLE AND SHATTERS EASILY. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME HAVING TO REPLACE THIS GLASS PANEL. IT IS A DEALER ONLY PART AND COSTS $960 PLUS $300 FOR INSTALLATION. THE COST OF THIS GLASS PANEL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. BOTH TIMES THIS GLASS PANEL SHATTERED, NOTHING HIT IT. IT APPEARS AS SMALL CRACKS AT FIRST A https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1656924 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WAS STOLEN IN FLORIDA I PURCHASED IT AFTER BEING FIXED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WHERE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND LIGHTS PERTAINING TO AIRBAGS WOULD FLASH. AFRAID BAGS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE ACCIDENT. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1656925 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WAS STOLEN IN FLORIDA I PURCHASED IT AFTER BEING FIXED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WHERE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND LIGHTS PERTAINING TO AIRBAGS WOULD FLASH. AFRAID BAGS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE ACCIDENT. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1656926 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WAS STOLEN IN FLORIDA I PURCHASED IT AFTER BEING FIXED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WHERE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND LIGHTS PERTAINING TO AIRBAGS WOULD FLASH. AFRAID BAGS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE ACCIDENT. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-c204-9#complaint-1643416 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER ALL OIL CHANGES WERE DONE PERFECTLY WITH THE CORRECT OIL AND ORIGINAL FILTER.