Electrical System Problems of Mercedes Benz C250

The contact owns a 2014 mercedes-benz C250. The contact stated that the vehicle was difficult to start. Additionally, the steering wheel was difficult to turn to the left or the right. The vehicle was eventually started and driven to a dealer; however, after the vehicle was parked and turned off, the contact attempted to restart the vehicle; however, the vehicle failed to restart. The dealer replaced the battery however, the vehicle failed to start. The contact stated that the dealer then traced the failure to an anti-theft sensor that shut off the vehicle to deter vehicle theft. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

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Esl emulator is bad. Keeps no crank steering lock also sunroof water spouts are not working as they should they do no open to release water.

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The vehicle was represented to me as safe to drive, with no major mechanical issues, and that it would pass emissions after only a simple minor fix. After I took possession, the check engine light came on. The car began running rough and showing hesitation. A scan immediately showed a camshaft position sensor fault, cylinder misfire, lean fuel condition, and oxygen sensor/emissions faults. I was also told by a professional shop that the timing chain may be failing. I was then warned that these problems can cause power loss or engine stalling while driving, and that the vehicle in this condition would likely not pass a legal emissions inspection. I was never told about any of these safety or emissions problems before taking the vehicle. This situation creates a safety risk because sudden loss of engine power or stalling can happen in traffic.

A known issue by many mb owners related to steering wheel lock or esl system. Car will not start due to a known defect related to a part installed inside the steering wheel preventing owners from starting car safely and to get to destination safely.

1. The car radio, blue-tooth, speakers, sound, car remote sound. Happened after a battery change by aaa - unsure if it's related. Customer service tried to resolve it - radio turns on, but nothing else works. 2. Doors won't unlock outside or inside - except passenegers side is open. 3. Accelerator acting strange - won't pick speed after 30, then 60 4. There was an air bag recal of this car a while ago.

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My wife and the kids we're stranded for hours because of the esl systems lock the steering wheel and did not allow the car to start or steering wheel to move. She smelled something and pulled over and turned car off. No lights, no way to charge cell phone because no power to the car at all. My family was stranded because of this seems like it's a very very serious issue with a lot of mercedes-benz vehicles. As a consumer mercedes-benz is using cheap parts which can cause people to lose their lives if the steering wheel is to lock up while driving the motor burns out inside of the esl module.

1) cranshaft and camshaft position sensors, timing problems and it has to be replaced this is a common damage in Mercedes Benz 2012 C250. 2) this put in risk my life because it can brake the engine in a highway and the car could be off.

Mercedes has had an issue with the steering lock for years and continue to not fix the issue. My vehicle would not turn on at random times, and this is due to a fault with the steering lock and key. The worst part of the issue, it’s only solved by mercedes due to security issues and costs $2000. I was locked out of my car for hours, missing a doctors appointment, and if this was during a snow storm or heavy freeze (I live in CO), this is a potential fatal flaw. I also learned they cannot fix my vehicle for months due to high demand and coming from germany. Looking online this is a continued problem for over a decade of vehicles and this needs to be resolved either by recall, a price adjustment due to this being a mercedes flaw, or give the capability to certified maintenance locations to do the job for a fraction of the price (I see the price of the part is marginal compared to the upcharge by the dealer.

Popping sounds and smoke from center dash and right rear speaker. Center speaker magnet extremely hot to the touch.

The contact owns a 2014 mercedes-benz C250. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, there was an abnormal frequency sound coming from the speakers followed by a popping sound. The contact then began to smell a burning electrical wiring odor with white smoke coming from the middle dashboard speaker. The contact immediately pulled over and turned off the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the failure, the contact called her father who towed the vehicle to her home where it remained in her possession. The contact reached out to the manufacturer by email and was informed that there were no recalls on the VIN. The contact was then referred to the NHTSA for further assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 305,000.

My mercedes started smoking from within the cabin. I traced it down to the speaker in the car. I contacted the mercedes dealership and told them that my speaker was burning and smoking. The service advisor knew exactly the problem and said that the factory amplifier went bad and is causing an electrical issue in the car. He had seen this before. However, mercedes is not considering a safety issue nor doing a recall. However, I was told I should not drive the car and have it towed. So, if my car can catch fire while driving from a faulty amplifier, that would be a safety issue. I was told this would be an out of pocket expense.

Electronic steering lock (esl) fails and your key fob nor your keyless go button will function, rendering your car unable to start. . . ! usually it's the cheap toy motor that engages the moving tab that locks and unlocks the column and communicates to the ignition to start the car. . . You get only a message to "remove your key" and the dash lights will not come on nor can you start the vehicle. . . Mercedes is aware of this, as there are thousands of complaints on this esl issue. . . Mercedes needs to issue a recall and do away with this faulty esl module. . . !!!! OH by the way, they charge $1500+++ to fix it. . . ??????.

As I sat in my vehicle waiting for the traffic light. I felt a sudden hit on my head. At that moment I was confused, and thought someone had rear ended me. So like anybody would, I pulled over only to find out that the headrest on my 2013 Mercedes Benz C250 had came apart. It seems like the plastic inside tore apart from the springs causing pressure for it to deploy.

I was on the 99 freeway driving normal speed and hit brakes to take the denair exit. The car sped up! like turbo power! the speedometer was at 90 mph as I flew through a red light at top of the ramp! I had to continue down ramp back on freeway. Pushing and pushing on brakes but nothing happened! next ramp was a bit steeper , so tried again to slow car down! it started to slow and I was able to put car in neutral as it came to stop and I powered the car off. I was approximately 50 miles from home and had to be towed to mercedes of stockton. After their repair department checked my car, they found the brake booster was bad and the turbo pipe hose was torn( due to wear and tear). I had previously (2 months earlier)had my car in for complete check up by the stockton, California dealership and nothing was detected. I feel this a safety issue! I could have been killed! also I believe this to be manufacture default, the cost to fix is $2,400, and I always bring my car in for regular serving. Thank you.

Steering locks up/key fob in ignition says "remove key" with no start. Eis/esl failure.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 mercedes-benz C250. The contact stated that the malfunction service warning indicator illuminated. The contact also recieved two recall notices for NHTSA campaign number: 18v043000 (air bags). The vehicle was taken to mercedes-benz of miami (1200 NW 167th st, miami, FL 33169, (305) 707-0147) where the contact was informed that the failure was not due to the recall and that the fuse was the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2014 mercedes-benz C250w. The contact stated that while driving at about 40 mph, the vehicle slowed down and the check engine light illuminated. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the mercedes-benz of palm beach dealer (561-689-6363, located at 4000 okeechobee blvd, west palm beach, FL 33409) where the technician diagnosed and replaced the fuel pump. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that while driving back to the contact's residence, at about 30 mph, the driver heard a hissing sound and dark smoke gushed from underneath the hood without warning. The vehicle was pulled to the side and about seven feet of flames gushed from the hood and covered the entire vehicle. The police and the fire department were at the scene. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. There was no police report and no injury was reported. The vehicle was totaled and was towed back to the dealer who stated that the failure was not caused by the earlier repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and placed the matter under an investigation. The failure mileage was about 50,187. Fe.

Takata recall, grounding, electrical.

My car burnt yesterday morning on my way to work, no warning, nothing noted. Just started smoking and then flames came up and burn the whole front end.

I am writing because mercedes has failed to provide a remedy for a recall notice dated October 16, 2017, over 1-1/4 years ago. I have contacted my dealer several times and they have no information on any solution for this recall. It would appear based on this performance that mercedes may have no intention of providing a solution to this recall which, according to the notice, is potentially life threatening. I ask that the NHTSA take action to force mercedes to provide a solution to fix the problem on an expedited basis given how they have not done so for over 15 months. The recall information oct 16,2017 manufacturer recall number2017120024 NHTSA recall number17v627 recall status: recall incomplete safety risk: an inadvertent driver airbag deployment may cause a risk of injury to the driver and might increase the risk of a potential crash. Remedy: as a precautionary measure an authorized mercedes-benz dealer, will add sufficient grounding to the steering components on the affected vehicles. Thank you.

The blower of the climate control does not work when the car is parked outside in the sun. As a result the car air conditioning system is impacted with the rise in temperature. When the car is parked in the garage or in shade, the blower and air conditioning system works fine. It appears that there is a short circuit as a result of high temperature which prevents the blower / air conditioner from operating. Please check if this is a safety recall issue.

I had been driving on the freeway, got off onto a side road and when approaching a stop light while braking: my car completely died (while in drive). The motor shut off, the electrical dash system lights all went off and the hazard triangle system came on (with the symbol of an exclamation mark(!) inside the triangle). After about a minute and a half, I put it in park, and it restarted. Scary! I had a full tank of gas.

I leased my vehicle in November of 2013. The vehicle is driven to and from work and in the beginning I never had a problem. A few months ago I was driving down the freeway at 70 mph and all of a sudden the check engine light came on and the vehicle lost power. The vehile would violently shake whe trying to accelerate. I manged to continue to drive for about another 30 minutes and made it to the dealer and turned the car off but once they restarted it the car ran fine. Since then then car will randomly loose power all of a sudden it has been to the dealer 3 or 4 times and they keep it for a week and then give it back and say that they were not able to recreate the issue. I have almost been hit once so far and when I let my brother use the car he was almost hit while making a left turn because of the random power loss. I have contacted mbusa and spoke with someone named juan. I continued to call him ans take the vehicle to the dealer everytime it happened expressing my concerns abiut the car as well as safety. Juan intiallly acted as if he cared but that was shor lived as he finally called back on 10/2/15 and explained that his managers and mbusa were unable to create the issue at the dealer level so there is nothing they will do at this point. . . At that point I realized that there is nothing that mbusa will do for me and that I will continue to forced to drive and pay for a very unsafe vehicle.

Driving on a four-lane street (two lanes on each side) with my two kids. The 2014 C250 had a malfunction with the electric steering: automatically jerking the car to the right. I lost control of the car and hit the curb. It felt like we went airborne. I turned the steering wheel to the left to try to stabilize the car, quickly realizing there was truck to the left I turned the steering wheel back to the right to avoid hitting the truck. This caused me to hit the curb again. It all happened so fast it was hard to stabilize the car. Mercedes-benz (expressed as mbusa) had my car for over a month. In their incident questionnaire they asked to grant permission to image the data contained in the vehicle's event data recorder (edr). I sent the questionnaire to my insurance, and we didn't not grant mbusa permission as the lessee. Mbusa broke the law and went without my permission and imaged the data. Than came back and stated that they would not cover the damage, as the edr stated that I hit the curb. Mbusa expressed that I would have to pay out of pocket for their malfunction. I asked for a copy of the recorded conversation and I want the report. It was expressed by mbusa that I would have to get a court subpoena for them to give me the information. I called a attorney and this is against the law; and is all tactics/strategies on mbusa part to not take responsibility because they would by law have to report it to national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA). All I wanted was to keep my family safe, and for mbusa to take the car back as it was around 3 months old when the accident accused. If I fight this: just to get someone to review the edr will cost around $10,000. Great business strategy mbusa in keeping your customers safe until someone dies because of your lack of humility!.

The contact owns a 2014 Mercedes Benz C250. While driving approximately 65 mph, a warning light illuminated and the vehicle decelerated and became inoperable. The vehicle was able to be restarted and was towed by the dealer, who was not able to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.

I was driving four days after I leased my brand new C250 2014 mercedes, and the car died in the middle of a busy street. The cop and I couldnt even move it to the side of the street. I am worried this will happen again. Thus I have been calling mercedes to please replace the car with a safe one.