NHTSA Safety Recalls
Mercedes-Benz C 300 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Mercedes-Benz C 300, across 1 model year from 2025 to 2025.
No Mercedes-Benz C 300 model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2017, is at 1.8×.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2025
- Owner complaints
- 495
2025–2025, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 495 complaints with NHTSA about the Mercedes-Benz C 300 across 10 model years; the most, 216, concern the 2017.
Owners marked a crash on 27 of the Mercedes-Benz C 300 complaints (5%) and a fire on 3.
Across all Mercedes-Benz C 300 model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 148 complaints), then the electrical system (75).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Mercedes-Benz C 300 in 2023: 101, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Mercedes-Benz C 300 is electrical system: instrument cluster/panel, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Mercedes-Benz C 300 recall, 26V281000, was reported on May 1, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel.
Mercedes-Benz C 300 years to avoid
The best-measured Mercedes-Benz C 300 years are 2020 (0.7×), 2022 (0.7×) and 2018 (1.0×).
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | — | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Mercedes-Benz C 300 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Mercedes-Benz C 300
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT1
Mercedes-Benz C 300 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Mercedes-Benz C 300 recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Mercedes-Benz C 300. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted