Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1995 Mercedes Benz C Class.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY WELL MAINTAINED '95 MERCEDES-BENZ C280 OF WHICH I AM THE SINGLE OWNER SINCE NEW HAS A DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS. THIS… |
| 2010-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | COMPLETE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE ON 1995 MERCEDES C280, ONLY 60,000 MILES ON CAR. *TR |
| 2010-01-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I OWN A 1995 MERCEDES BENZ C280. THIS VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL HAS A POSSIBLE CRITICAL ENGINE WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM WHER… |
| 2009-10-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MERCEDES-BENZ ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEFECT ENCLOSED, PLEASE FIND A LIST OF REPORTED COMPLAINTS THAT I FOUND ON YOUR … |
| 2009-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (NJ TURNPIKE, MY ENGINE BEGAN TO BECOME CHALLENGED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER A COUPLE OF MILES,… |
| 2009-06-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE ON 1995 C 220 MERCEDES - BENZ. HAD ALL ENGINE WIRING REPLACED AT A COST OF $500.00. HAVIN… |
| 2008-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS ON MY 1995 MERCEDES-BENZ C36 HAS FAILED, CRACK AND DISINTEGRATED WIRE COVERINGS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *… |
| 2008-10-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RE: CASE 45839 I HAVE THE ENGINE WIRE HARNESS THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR. IT IS AMAZING THAT THIS CAR RAN AT ALL. I … |
| 2008-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS DRIVEN BY REMOTE CONTROL. STARTING STOPPING THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO 7000 RPM I COULD NOT… |
| 2008-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1995 MERCEDES BENZ C280 WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND STALLED ON THE ROAD. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO MERCEDES DEALER AND FOUND THE … |
| 2008-07-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I OWN A 1995 C280 MERCEDES, PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY MY DAUGHTER FOR 5 YEARS. THE CAR ALWAYS IDLED ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY BACK… |
| 2008-05-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE ENGINE HARNESS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH AND STALL AT CRITICAL MOMENTS LIKE WHEN PROCEEDING THROUGH AN INTE… |
| 2008-03-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY 1995 C280 WAS A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS THAT IS PUT TOGETHER WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE. THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF ON ME TWICE O… |
| 2008-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE ON 1995 C280 MERCEDES-BENZ AN ITS HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED CAUSE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO RE… |
| 2008-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS THAT CAUSED SMOKING AND FIRE, CAUGHT IN TIME. WIRING INSULATION IS FAULTY, MADE … |
| 2008-01-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ENGINE POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. *TR |
| 2008-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1995 MZ C280 ENGINEER WIRE HARNESS DEFECTIVE, INSULATION BROKEN DOWN. *TR |
| 2007-12-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. IT APPEARS THAT, DUE TO IT'S DESIGN USING "BIODEGRADABLE" PLASTIC WIRE INSULATION, THE … |
| 2007-08-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | READ ABOUT MANY WIRE HARNESS FAILURES ON INTERNET, ALTHOUGH NO PROBLEMS YET, OBSERVED CRACKED AND SPLIT WIRING IN ENGIN… |
| 2007-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE HARNESS AND MORE WIRES HAVE DETERIORATED TOTALLY. *TR |
| 2007-05-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | I OWN A 1995 C280 SEDAN WITH JUST OVER 55,000 MILES. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AND WAS BEGINNING… |
| 2007-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 2 | WE JUST BOUGHT A 95 MERCEDES BENZ C280.WE GOT IT IN DALLAS AND DROVE HOME TO AUSTIN. EVERYTHING SEEMED OK WHEN WE LEFT … |
| 2007-01-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WIRE INSULATION ON MY ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAS DISINTEGRATED EXPOSING THE INTERNAL WIRING COMPLETELY, ESPECIALLY IN BE… |
| 2006-12-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS IN MY 1995 MERCEDES C280 WITH 118K MI. IT CAUSE … |
| 2006-10-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1995 MERCEDES BENZ C280. WHOLE ENGINE WIRE HARNESS IS CRACKED AND CORROTED. *NM |
| 2006-07-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON, SRS LIGHT COMING ON AND FINALLY ELECTRIC FAN STOPPE… |
| 2006-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AFTER NUMEROUS HOURS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND REPLACING POTENTIALLY FAULTY PART… |
| 2006-02-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1995 C280 MERCEDES-BENZ IN AUGUST OF 2002. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES AND WAS GARAGE … |
| 2006-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRE HARNESS INSULATION IS CRACKING AND FALLING APART IN AREAS. CAUSED INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS. *NM |
| 2006-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAS CAUSED AUTOMOBILE TO BE INOPERABLE AND UNSAFE. MANUFACTUER IS AWARE AND WILL NOT S… |
| 2005-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | MERCEDES BENZ WIRING HARNESS FAILURE C280 1995 DEFECTIVE WIRING INSULATION SHORTING OUT OF WIRES ENGINE FAILURE PO… |
| 2005-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | I DRIVE 1995 C280 I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS THE REASON I WAS HAVING SO… |
| 2005-07-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 2 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION, LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER STOP AND PROCEEDING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. COLLISION RESULTED FROM SUDDEN A… |
| 2005-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DISINTEGRATING WIRING HARNESS ON MB C280 1995. THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO STOP RUNNING AND VARIOUS OTHER ELECTRICAL FAULTS … |
| 2005-01-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS OF MY 1995 MERCEDES-BENZ C280 (120,000 MILES), HAS CRACKED INSULATION THROUGHOUT AND IS BEGIN… |
| 2005-01-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE ENGINE DEGRADES DRASTICALLY TO THE POINT OF THE WIRES BEING NAKED. THE HARNESS USED IN ALL 19… |
| 2005-01-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNEST ON MY CAR IS BAD. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND THIS YEAR. THIS IS VERY EXPEN… |
| 2004-08-31 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | SEE LETTER NO LETTER ENCLOSED. *AK |
| 2004-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1995 C280 MERCEDES. ENGINE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. ALMOST HIT BY TRUCK WHILE CROSSING A ROAD DUE… |
| 2004-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WIRE HARNESS ON MY CAR IS BEGINING TO SHORT OUT, CAUSING FIRE HAZARD, LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER. MERCEDES IS AWARE OF THIS … |
| 2003-09-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | BOUGHT A 1995 MERCEDES-BENZ C280 IN 2002. CHANGED ENGINE WIRING AT A COST OF $1200. THE WIRING INSULATION WAS CRACKED C… |
| 2003-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | MAIN ENGINE HARNESS CORROSION ON A 1995 C 280 MERCEDES BENZ. THIS TYPE OF DETERIORATION IS NOT FROM ABUSE OF THE CAR. … |
| 2003-04-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1995 C280 AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO REPLACE IT. I HAD NO IDEA THA… |
| 2003-04-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | ON NOV 6, 2001, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE. THE CAR HAD 115,633 MILES AND THE 120,000 MILE SER… |
| 2003-03-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD WAS STRIPPED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE LIGHT TO STAY ON. *JB *SCC |
| 2001-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR, 1995 MERCEDES C280, BACKFIRES, STUMBLES, LOSES POWER, AND SOMETIMES DIES WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE REPLACED THE PL… |
| 1998-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FAILURE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT WIRING HARNESS WITH THE ROTTING AND CRACKING OF HARNESS HAS CAUSED ENGINE TO MISFIRE CAUS… |
| 1901-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FAX FM CORY MCCALL (OR) RE A SAFETY ISSUE W/HIS 1995 MERCEDES C280, ENGINE WIRE HARNESS IS CRACKING AND SHORTING, HAS F… |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUAL MECHANICAL AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, DETAILS NOT PROVIDED. YH |