Three problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2003 Mercedes Benz C230. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I have 2003 Mercedes Benz C230. Whenever I would start the vehicle it would give me jerk or make noice and finally just before taking it to a dealer it stalled. I had it towed. The vehicle was taken to a local shop, which suggested that the problem is much larger and needs the attention of the manufacturer and hence to taken to the dealer. It was diagnosed as the timing chain was defective and the local shop owner said this was a common problem with this vehicle and a serious problem with major cost to fix. The manufacturer was contacted who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle is not repaired as the cost of fix is as large as the cars current value. The failure and current mileage is 68000.
The 2003 mercerdes benz 300c engine suddenly caught on fire while driving it to work. The car stalled, flames shoot out the front hood, the car would not restart, so I coasted to the firm. I opened the hood to see blue flames shoopt 20 feet in the air. A passerby tried to put out the firwe unsucessfully with a fire extiquisher. The flames got hotter and shot 60 feet in the air, and police and fire department responded and were finally able to put out the fire . The engine block melted down ,and there was a large hole burnt into the pasenger space. The car was totaled. I wrote Mercedes Benz, and they were being nonresponsive. I have photos of the melted engine block and the large hole burned into the pasenger space through the engine firewall.
New car died in middle of the road. Vehicle stalled when coming to a stop. The consumer believes the vehicle continued to stall die to faulty engineering of the vacuum and compression systems. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer five times for this problem but no matter how many times the parts were replaced the vehicle continues to stall. The dealer replaced broken vacuum hose, brake booster hose and oxygen sensor.