I noticed my right tail light has completely went out and related damage to the brown wire connected to the entire casing. Per recall campaign: 2014050001; the federal safety agency RECALL NUMBER: 14V177, "Oxidation on the ground pin connector for the rear tail lamps of subject vehicles can result in a dimming of the tail lights or loss of tail lamp functions. The loss of a rear tail lamp reduces the rearward visibility of subject vehicles, especially with respect to turn signal illumination and may increase the likelihood of a rear end crash". I recently called a new certified Mercedes Benz dealership near me who states this recall has been closed, however, there is no specific indication on whether that was the right or left tail light. Regardless, a recall covers both whether it happens simultaneously or at different increments. My requested resolution: to simply acknowledge the recall to replace this time the right tail lamp. Especially since any wiring issues poses risk of shortage or fire.
2009 Mercedes Benz C300 lights complaints
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My vehicle continuously gives me warning/alert messages of headlight/signal/parking lamp issues. Upon inspection and taken to certified, reliable mercedes repair shops, lights are fully functioning, yet alerts continue on my display/dash. More importantly the electronic steering lock (esl) has failed on more than once costing very considrable amounts of repair bills, and it has happened without warning, I parked the car which has been perfectly maintained and with low mileage, and the steering wheel locks, making it almost impossible to even have it towed to be repaired.
I purchased this vehicle in 2009 and over the years I have replaced both front headlight assembly, left and right at the cost of $800.00 each. I was told that a bulb blew fusing the wires together resulting in the replacement of the entire assembly. The driver seat head rest simply fell apart.
Passenger seat airbag sensor not working when someone sits on the seat also passenger side electrical system not working and causing the passenger side lights to stay on when vehicle is off and mercedes does not want to do anything about and says it is out of warranty and I need to pay to have the whole system replaced
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes-benz c300. The contact stated that the wire connecting the tail light on the driver's side melted and caused the tail light not to work. The tail light, blinker, and brake warning indicators illuminated. The dealer was contacted (mercedes-benz in plano, tx, 214‑473‑5643) where it was stated that the failure was a known issue, but there was no recall. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
Headlight wires are corroded and melted. This seems similar to the tail light recall a few years ago that caused a fire.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes-benz c300. While operating the vehicle, the tail lights would illuminate dimly and/or shut off intermittently. The light bulbs were replaced, but the failure continued. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,000.
This 2009 c300 was purchased new from the mercedes benz dealership in jacksonville fl as a retirement gift for 20 years of naval service. About a year later I noticed the daytime running lights continuously blinking during the day. The next problem is with the front headlight units each time a blubs blows, it fuses everything including wires together requiring the replacement of the entire headlight unit. This has happen three times with both the left and right headlight units. The difference in price is $28.00 for a replacement blub vise $600.00 plus dollars for the entire unit. The dealership has no problem charging me the cost to replace a manufactures defect and safety issue. There should be an immediate recall of this unit.
Sockets for the parking lights above the headlights melted. Knowing that something similar was addressed with the tail lights, seems to be related. The tail lights melted the carrier and the cables now the same is happening on the front of the car. I am not the only owner of mb c300 experiencing a issue. We are concerned that our cars can catch up on fire.
I bought my mercedes benz and notice that my tail light and the light on the front of the car will turn on by itself while my car was parked in the morning my car battery will be dead needing a charge. I had a recall from mercedes benz dealer and I took the car to the dealership and supposedly they fix it and the car had gotten worse. It had burned the harnesses and fog harness, while I was driving the car was acting like shutting off the radio and AC will start shutting off and turning on at the same time while I was on the highway on my way home from work. Right now my car only have working the high beam. I been getting a lot of recalls for this car but really it seems like I'm loosing my time .
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 mercedes-benz c300. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v177000 (exterior lighting), 15v711000 (air bags), and 16v081000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.
"takata recall" I was driving to work around 10:30 am in my 2009 mercedes benz c300 enjoying the commute. As I approached the stop light.....blank!!!! I lastly remember breaking ....to open my watering eyes to see that I hit another vehicle and don't recall anything at all. As I get up in realized that my head hurts and there was a small tear in the steering wheel as a small portion of the bag deployed but not fully.. It appeared to be a faulty bag that has caused this serious inconvenience.
Takata recall right tail light has a brown burnt wire, and the right rear tail light is dim. So I believe it may have been a recall on this problem. I was wondering if this is something that I need to pay for or would this be something that I could get a recall on? This problem happened while driving on a city street while braking.
Takata recall right tail light has a brown burnt wire, and the right rear tail light is dim. So I believe it may have been a recall on this problem. I was wondering if this is something that I need to pay for or would this be something that I could get a recall on? This problem happened while driving on a city street while braking.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes-benz c300. While driving at various speeds, the headlights operated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the headlight wiring was corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000.
Background: in 2014, there was a recall of c-class mercedes benz vehicles due to corrosion on the connectors of the rear tail light causing the light to fail. Mercedes benz fix front light connectors - new issue: left front parking light is inoperable and the dashboard warning message came on. Went to the dealer to have the parking light bulb replaced. The mechanic verified the concern, replacing the bulb did not work. The mechanic checked and found that the parking lamp harness holder is peeling and corroded causing the wire to short. Mercedes benz wanted me to pay $1440.35 for the replacement of the entire light assembly and recommended changing the right side too even though it was operable. The light assembly encases the front parking light bulbs (eyebrow lights - 2 each) and the headlight bulb. The service advisor, jeff decorte indicated that he sees this all the time which is why he recommended replacing both sides of the entire light assemblies. Bulb holders and connectors should be replaced at no cost to the owner due to the peeling and corrosion. Please investigate, this may be potentially another recall except now it's the front parking lights. Please note that my car has always been serviced at the required intervals by the dealer.
Car was at the parking front of my home, about to go to work , car won't start , no warning , nothing, completely dead, had to be without car for a week, repair costs 1,200. Towed to mercedes service. Specific issues was steering column lock failed. I have so many issues with this car, lights, windows, tires, control power fails many times when car is in driving mode. So many owners has same problems, it is a safety issues why this wasn't reported and recall on this one. Thought mercedes cars are most reliable, obviously that's not true .
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. The contact stated that all the rear passenger lighting failed to illuminate on the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where it was diagnosed that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v177000 (exterior lighting). The corroded connectors and bulb holders would need to be changed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000.
Rear lighting consuls failing while in motion causing right turn blinker, reverse light, brake lights, and safety lights to not function.
Front parking lamps poor connection wires insulation come off very easy from the frame plug, plus wires are to short to make correction(splice) inside the head light housing. All this happened after the car was repair from recall on tail lights. I saw on the internet and a lot of people has this problem for this problem, I was driving on the dark street and all lights went off like for 5 seconds, that why I got scare, I was with my wife and my 5 months old daughter, mercedes benz should report this as recall, in order to correct the problem I need to change the whole housing, I took the car to downt town la service department, for another problem with the ignition lock switch, I looked on the internet and also a lot of people had this problem. I hope some one will do something about these c300 models. Thank you
The car won't start when you turn the key. I have taken it to a mercedes mechanic and he can't find anything wrong after being looked at for a b1 service. We thought this would fix it. Now it won't start again. When turn the key, everything lights up as if the car is going to start but it won't. It had been starting after turning the key a few times and eventually it would catch. The problem started 2 weeks ago, now it won't start at all.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. The contact stated that the rear tail lights shorted out repeatedly. The dealer stated that they repaired the vehicle according to the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v177000 (exterior lighting), but the contact did not receive any confirmation of the repair and the failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for further inspection and diagnostic testing. The contact also stated that the interior and exterior lighting continued to illuminate without warning, which drained the power and battery source to the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failures and provided no remedy. The failure mileage was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. The contact stated that the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v177000 (exterior lighting) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repair. The dealer stated that the parts were not available. The contact experienced the failure prior to receiving the recall notice. The contact stated that the tail lights failed to properly illuminate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring connectors to the bulb holders burned and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
Front lights socket over heat and melting. Manufacture and dealership refuse to replace, however car still in full extended warranty safety issue and can cause fire
Intermittently my low beam headlights will go on, gas gauge slowly goes to empty, rear break and blinkers no longer work, interior lighting, and sun roof do not work. I can not lock my car sometimes after for about 5 mins. If it happens right when I turn my car on, I can try to turn it off and restart and it may or may not happen again. Sometimes it happens right when I turn my car on or sometimes it never happens.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. While driving at approximately 25 MPH, the check signal warning indicator illuminated. The contact observed that the rear driver side tail light was not illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v177000 (exterior lighting). The failure mileage was approximately 68,000. The VIN was unvailable.
I came to a stop because my car was giving me error codes for certain parts of the right tail lights not working(turn& reverse) and then the functioning lights were dimmed. I took a look at the assembly where the lights were placed and noticed where the car's electrical wires were plugged in to the bulb assembly that it burned through the assembly. I took the car to the dealership and they fixed the right side but neglected to check the left because at the time it was not malfunctioning (at that time I was still under warranty). Now, on march 8, 2015 (my car is no longer under warranty) I contacted the dealership as well mbusa because the left side is now beginning to act erratically, and although there is no burning (yet) I would like to resolve the issue. I checked the bulbs which were giving me errors and none of the bulbs were burned out. I begun to do research and I found there to be a recall from the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v‑177, but my VIN number is not included in this recall yet I had reported the very same issue much earlier than 2014. As I contacted both the dealership and mbusa they both said that my car was no longer under warranty and that my VIN was not included in the recall refusing to accept that they made an error in their wiring and neglecting to fix both sides the first time I took the car in.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. The contact stated that the key failed to turn from the off to on position. The contact had to make several attempts to start the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer. The technician stated that the chip in the steering column needed to be replaced and the keys needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 58,000. Updated 10/22/2014*lj the consumer stated the manufacturer was contaced and offered assistance with the cost of repair only if the repair had not been paid previously for. Updated 4/1/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz c300. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v177000 (exterior lighting). The dealer was contacted indicated that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was contacted and made aware of the delay however, the manufacturer was not able to provide a specific date of when the parts would become available. The contact was waiting to schedule the appointment and remedy the problem specified on the recall. Updated 08/19/14
Prior to pulling into my garage, I smelled burning electrical wiring. All warning lights on the dash panel for the left rear lights came on. I opened the trunk to see if a light bulb burned out, and smelled the burning wires. Opening the panel covering the left rear lights, I saw a burn through scorched circuit board. On closer examination, I noticed the ground wire was thin and the cause of the severally overheated and partially melted area on the left rear lamp assembly. Since then, the mercedes dealer replaced the circuit at my expense. About six months ago, the same thing happened on the right rear tail light assembly. It was also a thin ground wire that had overheated and partially melted the circuit board.
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