Mercedes-benz C-class Brakes Problems
166 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 22 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2009. Best year: 2020.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owns a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, attempting to stop, the vehicle failed to respond as intended and causing the contact to drive through a stop sign, then merge onto the...
The vehicle appears to have experienced a braking system malfunction, possibly involving the brake-by-wire system, electronic stability control (ESC), or unintended acceleration event. When the brake pedal was fully depressed, the car su...
The contact owns a 2013 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated while pulling into a parking space and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that she d...
The contact owns a 2023 Mercedes C300. The contact stated that while traveling over a pedestrian crosswalk, the emergency braking mode was engaged. The accelerator pedal was applied but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle wen...
Car was parked in Garage with garage door open. Wife and I wanted to go biking and the bikes needed air in the tires. Pre-positioned one bike directly behind parked car and one parallel with the pneumatic air pump prepositioned to infla...
The contact owns a 2014 Mercedes-Benz C250. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at various speeds, she depressed the brake pedal but it hesitated to respond. As a result, excessive force was applied to the brake pedal ...
ON SEPTEMBER 5TH AROUND 4:30 PM, I MADE A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, ON THE INTERSECTION OF SYKES CREEK PKWY AND SR 520 IN MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA. WEATHER WAS PERFECT NO RAIN OR WIND. I APPLIED THE BRAKE HOLD FEATURE AND LIFTED MY FO...
WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 C250 COUPE, I HAD TO BRAKE HARD AS I WAS TRYING TO AVERT STOPPED HEAVY TRAFFIC. WHEN I SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS, THE STEERING WHEEL, COLUMN AND ENTIRE VEHICLE LOCKED UP. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL ENTIRELY. AS A...
ON MARCH 8, 2018 MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING TO A MEETING THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP SENDING THE VEHICLE INTO A 360-DEGREE SPIN. ALL SAFETY FEATURES IN THE VEHICLE FAILED. NO BRAKES, NO A...
I BOUGHT A CAR IN APRIL 2018. THE FIRST ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY IN MAY 2018. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 75 KM / H. I SAW THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STEPPING ON THE BRAKES AND I ALSO STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, BUT MY CAR DID NOT SLOW...
TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE TODAY, MY CAR BRAKES FAILED. I COULD NOT STOP MY VEHICLE EVEN WHEN I PRESSED DOWN COMPLETELY ON THE PEDAL. I ENDED UP JUMPING THE PARKING SPACE "CURB/STOPPER" AND HIT A LIGHT POST. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ...
WHILE SLOWING TO APPROACH A PARKING SPACE, THE CAR SPED FORWARD AND JUMP THE CURVE CRASHING INTO A STOREFRONT. NO ONE INJURED. STEPPING ON THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP OR EVEN SLOW DOWN THE CAR.