Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
47
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1995 Mercedes Benz 280.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE THE THE BALL JOINT IS ATTACHED BROKE DETACHING THE WHEEL AND CAUSING … |
| 2012-09-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING, CAR GRADUALLY LOST POWER UNTIL COMPLETELY SHUT-OFF. MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROADWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN… |
| 2012-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | CAR HAS BEEN A GOOD RUNNING CAR FRO SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES, HOWEVER TODAY IT STARTED, WHAT SEEM TO BE A MISFIRE. I CHEC… |
| 2011-02-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAS BADLY DETERIORATED DUE TO USING POOR MATERIALS. THIS IS A VERY HIGH OCCURRING PROBLEM WIT… |
| 2010-08-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCEDES BENZ C280. WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ST… |
| 2008-10-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1.TEMPERATURE AND FUEL GAUGE HAS INTERMITTENT ISSUES. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ONE COLD MORNING. 2. ENGINE STALLS … |
| 2008-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRES IN MY ENGINE HARNESS TO MY 1995 MERCEDES BENZ C280,THE INSULATION OF THE WIRES DISINTEGRATED(TURNED TO DUST).… |
| 2008-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | ENGINE WIRE HARNESS ALL WIRE INSULATIONS IN THE HARNESS ARE IN A SERIOUS DISINTEGRATED AND ARE SHORTING OUT ON EACH OT… |
| 2008-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRE HARNESS ON MY VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. IT ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE BY THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR CONNECTO… |
| 2008-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ROTTED DISINTEGRATED WIRING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM--DASHBOARD LIGHTS THAT GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENT… |
| 2007-11-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1995 MERCEDES C280 SEDAN. MILEAGE 59,187. ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEFECTIVE DUE TO POOR SUBSTANDARD OEM QUALITY HAS DETER… |
| 2007-11-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT/BLOWN HEAD GASKET. BAD O2 SENSOR. EVENTUALLY TRACED … |
| 2007-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | DEGRADING WIRE HARNESS CAUSES MY 95 MERCEDES C280 TO CUT OUT IN TRAFFIC CAUSING SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES {FUEL,BRAKES,FIRES… |
| 2007-09-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | OUR VEHICLE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST KILLED MY FAMILY. THE CAUSE WAS AN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. *JB … |
| 2007-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1995 C280 MERCEDES BENZ AND I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE BEEN READING IN THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOU… |
| 2007-08-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 1 | WIRE HARNESS UNDER HOOD,FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT IT OUT. *TR |
| 2007-07-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DETERIORATING TO THE POINT OF EXPOSED WIRE AT 90,000 MILES. ENGINE FAILURE CAUSES STANDING IN DE… |
| 2007-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO MY 1995 MERCEDES C280, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY STALLED IN THE MIDDLE ON TH… |
| 2007-04-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. I CAL… |
| 2007-02-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY 1995 C280 MERCEDES QUIT RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TOLD MY THE REPAIR … |
| 2006-12-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS FOR THE ENGINE, FUEL INJECTION AND REST OF CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE (1995 C280) HAS DI… |
| 2006-11-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY CAR ACTS HAZARDOUS. FROM TIME TO TIME INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS OCCUR LIKE ENGINE STALLS,ENGINE ERRATICALLY I… |
| 2006-10-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | (1) WHILE DRIVING MY 95 MERCEDES C280 ON I-44 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION I HIT A SMALL BUMP. IMMEDIATELY THE "CHECK ENGINE" … |
| 2006-07-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1995 MERCEDES C280 DISINTEGRATING ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEFECT. MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH TRYING TO REP… |
| 2006-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | MY HUSBAND WAS CHANGING THE IGNITION WIRES AN WHEN DOING SO NOTICED THAT ALL THE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD ARE CRACKING DETE… |
| 2006-01-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS … |
| 2004-09-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL."IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPT. 24, 2004, I WENT TO START MY 1995 MERCEDES C280. WHEN I TU… |
| 2004-08-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY SON'S CAR QUIT RUNNING. THE MECHANIC AT THE GARAGE DISCOVERED THAT THE UNDERHOOD WIRING HARNESS HAD COMPLETELY DETER… |
| 2004-04-16 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | No | 0 | 8182225555: MERCEDES C 280 LEMON RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 3/26/03/. I WALKED INTO ACURA AFTER TEST DRIVING THIS CAR … |
| 2004-03-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN FOR OIL CHANGE HEAD GASKET BAD NEED $1500 KNOW MONEY FOR WORK . *AK |
| 2004-02-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE- NEEDED CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WITH 19240 MILES ON MY 1995 MERCEDES-BENZ C280! CALLED BUFFALO DEA… |
| 2003-10-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY MERCEDES BENZ C-280 FROM A PRIVATE PARTY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE LOCAL MERCED… |
| 2003-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FAULTY WIRING HARNESS. RUBBER COATING HAS DETERIORATED EXPOSING COPPER WIRE, CAUSING ERRONEOUS SIGNALS OF SYSTEMS FAILU… |
| 2002-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURED DUE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS UNDERHOOD. DEALER AND MANUFACTUR… |
| 2002-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | MULTIPLE ENGINE FAILURE EVENTS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. LOCAL MERCEDES REPA… |
| 1999-09-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE PURCHASED A MERCEDES BENZ C280 THIS PAST WEEK. I HAVE FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL. ACCORDING TO 2 DI… |
| 1999-07-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED TWO TIMES. ONCE AFTER 2 YEARS AT 21,000 MILES, AND AGAIN AT 48,000 MILES AFTER ABOUT 18 MONTH… |
| 1995-10-16 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | REAR LEFT SIDE PANEL NOT FINISHED, CAUSING MUFFLER TO BE EXPOSED. *SD |
| 1995-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE SQUEAKS. *TT |
| 1995-03-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. TT |
| 1995-01-29 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | POSSIBLE DEFECT IN LEFT REAR WHEEL, CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD |
| 1994-08-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL INSIDE PANEL IS MISSING, TIRE WOULD WOULD SPRAY DEBRIS INTO VEHICLE. TT |
| 1994-07-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER FAILED. *DH |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED SPEEDOMETER JUMPING UP AND DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTI… |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 0 | THE PROBLEMS I HAVE CITED ARE REPETTIVE....BENZ FIXES A PART, THEN IT GOES AGAIN....THE CRA CANNOT BE PROPERLY BALANCE… |
| — | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER SINGLE BLADE THAT GOES OVER COMPLETE WINDSHIELD FAILED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM DUE TO FAILURE OF WIN… |