Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. While attempting to start the engine, the vehicle failed to turn on and the steering lock engaged. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who replaced the steering lock and the control unit. There was no further information available. After retrieving the vehicle and driving, the brake ebr, ABS, esp and power steering failure messages appeared. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 63,033.
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Tail light problems. I started receiving warning messages regarding the tail light malfunction. We checked the lights but they were fine. In january the light went out. I took my car in for an oil change and was told that the bulbs were not only out but the cause was due to a circuit issue. After picking up my car, there was an additional warning for my sidemark light.
Warning indicator came up on instrument panel to "check rear tail and brake lamps" the rear tail, turn, and brake lamps have failed in my car. The wiring harness has burned and emits excessive heat to the touch. I'm unsure of how long I was driving with my taillights out.
Tail light passenger side - ground wire issues - plate melted - tail light errors - not working - no turn signal or brake signal due to faulty tail light assembly (heating issues) 1 204-820-09-77 lamp carrier 1 211-545-03-28 plug 1 014-545-82-26 pin bushing.
Fourth occurrence of all right rear indicator lights going out all together in the past 2-3 months. Just did some research and it appears the federal safety agency is investigating this. I am taking this in to the dealer tomorrow however, several owners of the 2009 c class are complaining of the same problem due to a bad connection to the rear light unit which is causing shortages and fires. It is very evident that my vehicle has the same issue.
On 8/8/2013 my information display indicated my right taillight, blinker and brake lights were out. When I opened the compartment to see what type of bulbs to replace I found the problem to be much bigger than expected. The plastic housing that hold the wiring pin, the wiring pin and the brown ground wire were all burnt up causing the lights to fail. I than opened the left tail light compartment and the same thing is happening, there is already signs of the housing burning. I remember smelling something burning in the car a few weeks ago. I now know what it was. I am surprised it did not catch fire. I contacted mercedes service only to find I am responsible paying to have this issue corrected. I only hope the left side does not cause a fire before I am able to get it fixed. This is clearly an unsafe electrical issue.
Front brakes checked by an independent shop and was advised that front pads have uneven wear, inside pads was 2 mm, outside pad at 8mm because the caliber is not squeezed in evenly. Bring the car back to dealer under the 50k miles or 4 year warranty for brake checked: dealer only replaced the brake pads but not the caliber with reason the hardness of the pads are so soft and cause the issue. Mb dealer is not standing with warranty on the engineering mechanical defect: try to make a quick fix and not expensive only on a major problem. After 5k or 10k, the uneven will occurred again and the service brake light will not on because of the uneven wear, will cost more money for me on the rotor, brake pad and caliber again. An investigation and a recall from mb needs to perform for all the mb c300 year 2009 for a caliber check.
Caliper on the brakes were sticking cause the rotors to warp- replaced all parts after 3,000 miles same thing happened-- took the car back to the deal ship - replaced new calipers rotors-3500 miles later same thing happened took the car back again - replaced all the parts 5000 miles later same thing it is now june and the car has been in the shop for a week again.
Warning on dash shows rr brake light is out and turn signal lights is out. Went to look at the back of the car to see if the lights where on and the rr light assembly was dim. Open the panel where the bulbs are and the wire harness was fried. This might be a fire hazard. *tr updated 03/27/13*lj updated 04/02/2013
At 5:00pm, I was driving the mercedes benz c300, year 2009, 9010 miles in the parking lot of ymca in la canada, ca at 3 miles/hr. I prepared to stop the car and stepped on the brake, suddenly, the engine rev up and accelerated. The car jumped over the stop bumper but I pressed very hard on the brake and finally the car stopped and the engine was off. The front of the car was about 2 feet from the wall at the parking lot. I was so scared because it was the first time I experienced the unintended acceleration. I went to the gym and at 6:30pm I drove the car back home, it is about 6 miles from my house. I really feel unsafe with my almost brand new mb. I'll take off for work next monday and will take the car to the dealer for checking. I was lucky this time with no damage or injury because I was driving very slowly in the parking lot and ready to stop. However I don't want to take the chance next time, it's so dangerous, I can get kill or somebody can get hurt if my car jumps again. I do the research and see the complaint # 10330370 on 05/23/2010. The case was almost the same: when the driver stepped on the brake and the mb unintended accelerated. Please do the investigation by now and feel free to contact me anytime.
I was driving on the parkway at ~40 MPH and attempted to slow down by stepping on the brake. The car did not slow down but accelerated. And struck the car in front of me. Every time I pressed on the brake, the car accelerated so that the car struck the car in front twice. I tried to turn off the ignition and was unable to. Finally, I pushed hard on the brake enough to slow it down and I was ten able to put the car in neutral. The engine raced but I was then able to turn it off. Despite damage to the front of the vehicle, the airbags did not deploy.
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