Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Mercedes Benz C250

Mercedes Benz C250 owners have reported 13 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 2 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's vehicle speed control (12 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's cruise control (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Mercedes Benz C250

Problem Category Number of Problems
Vehicle Speed Control problems
12
Cruise Control problems
1

Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of Mercedes Benz C250

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

-the steering wheel and brake locked up and became unusable while driving at approximately 75mph. Cruise control was enabled for a few miles (maybe 2) and disabled after. Around 5 minutes after disabling, the car began to surge between acceleration and deceleration drastically on its own.   Read details...

The Cruise Control problem

I purchased this C250 in Dec 2013, have 3 similar occurrence were the engine failed to respond. Once coming out of a light, and twice on I-95 both times trying to switch lanes to get out of on coming traffic, and on both occasions the vehicle did not respond to the gas pedal.   Read details...




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