Interior Lighting
Filed Nov 6, 2006PA
MERCEDES BENZ C280 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. *JB
1999 Mercedes Benz 280
Routine
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › electrical › radio/tape deck/cd etc.. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interior Lighting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAir BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 13, 200435,200 milesCA
NON DEPLOYMENT OF ALL AIRBAGS ON A 1999 MERCEDES BENZ C280
Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
Filed Oct 13, 1999TX
CD READOUT IS "NO CD CHANGER" AND WILL NOT PLAY. ALSO, SOMETIMES THERE IS A NORMAL READOUT BUT NO SOUND ON THE CD OR THE PHONE. HAVE HAD TO DEALER ABOUT SIX TIMES, BUT THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HAVE SPOKEN TO MANUFACTURER, WHO REFERRED ME BACK TO DEALER.
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.