Mercedes Benz C350
Owners filed 359 complaints across 12 model years of the Mercedes Benz C350. The 2008 drew the most (144).
Which Mercedes Benz C350 years should you avoid?
Going by 359 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mercedes Benz C350 years to avoid are 2008.
- 2008144 complaints, 2.9× a typical C350 year, most often about the airbags.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mercedes Benz C350 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2014 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2013 | 21 | 6 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 35 | 5 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 26 | 4 | 2 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 18 | 4 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 65 | 7 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008Avoid | 144 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 23 | 5 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.