Recall Register

Mercedes Benz C350: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 18 recall campaigns for the Mercedes Benz C350, model years 2006 to 2017. NHTSA has 358 complaints on file for this model line. 10 of the 11 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20065
  2. 20075
  3. 20086
  4. 20097
  5. 20104
  6. 20114
  7. 20125
  8. 20136
  9. 20144
  10. 20154
  11. 20170
Mercedes Benz C350: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2017 Mercedes Benz C350 NHTSA page013%
2015 Mercedes Benz C3504618%808,500
2014 Mercedes Benz C35041340%808,500
2013 Mercedes Benz C35062165%940,835
2012 Mercedes Benz C350535108%889,033
2011 Mercedes Benz C35042680%1,510,968
2010 Mercedes Benz C35041855%1,510,968
2009 Mercedes Benz C350765200%1,586,030
2008 Mercedes Benz C3506144442%1,453,834
2007 Mercedes Benz C3505618%1,635,552
2006 Mercedes Benz C35052371%1,635,552

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

462 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Mercedes Benz C350: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Air Bags344.2159
Electrical System166.777
Steering121.256
Exterior Lighting99.646
Engine54.125
Fuel/Propulsion System51.924
Unknown or Other30.314
Power Train23.811
Structure19.59
Service Brakes17.38

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mercedes Benz C350, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2017, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Mercedes Benz C350, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2017, with 89 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mercedes Benz C350: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/c350/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Mercedes Benz C350 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2009 with 7, 2013 with 6, 2008 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mercedes Benz C350 model year has the most complaints?
The 2008 model year, with 144 of the 358 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes Benz C350 name?
Air Bags: 344.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 166.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 121.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Mercedes Benz C350?
3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.