Safety Score
97
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
18
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1994 Mercedes Benz 280.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1994 C280 MERCEDES CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. MERCEDES WAS DESTROYED AND CAR NEXT TO IT TOTA… |
| 2010-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAS BRITTLE INSULATION; HAS HUNDREDS OF CRACKS; INSULATION IS FALLING OFF OF WIRES; IS SHORT CIRC… |
| 2008-08-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1994 MERCEDEZ BENZ C280 AND WAS PURCHASED IN 2004 WITH APPROXIMATELY 94,000 MILES. NOT LONG AFTER HAVING THE C… |
| 2008-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1994 C280 MERCEDES HAS ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEFECT DUE TO WIRES SHEARING AND BEING EXPOSED. FROM INTERNET RESEARCH IT … |
| 2007-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY 1994 MERCEDES BENZ WOULD STOP IN TRAFFIC FOR NO REASON. *TR |
| 2007-02-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ 280. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, IT BEGAN HESITATING AND SUR… |
| 2006-07-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS (THAT SUPPLIES 12 VOLTS DC TO THE COILS THAT CONVERT IT INTO HIGH VOLTAGE FOR USE IN THE SPAR… |
| 2006-03-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS INSULATION DISINTEGRATION PROBLEM WITH A 1994 MERCEDES BENZ C280 [XXX] WIRING HARNESS INSULATION FAILURE… |
| 2004-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WIRE HARNESS ON CAR FACTORY INSTALLED BY MERECEDES BECOMES BRITTLE AND CRACKS EXPOSING WIRING CREATING PROBLEMS WITH EL… |
| 2002-10-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND FAILED ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. THE OIL LEAK HAD BEGUN OVER TH… |
| 2002-05-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS IS BAD ON MY C280 MERCEDES. THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT ADMIT IT. MY CAR STALLED GOING DOW… |
| 1998-08-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP LIGHT AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PE… |
| 1998-04-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SURGED FOWARD, HIT A WALL IN GARAGE, CAUSING PASSEN… |
| 1996-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 4 | ABS BRAKES; FAILURE ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK. *AK |
| 1995-01-16 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | VEHICLE SHIMMEYS. *SD |
| 1994-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH ROOF. *AK |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, UPON BRAKING PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, BRAKES SEEMED INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING, CAUSIN… |
| — | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | TROUBLE SEEING THROUGH WINDSHIELD WHEN RAINING AT NIGHT. |