Reliability & cost of ownership
Mercedes Benz C 300 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Mercedes Benz C 300? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Mercedes Benz C 300 problems by model year
90 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 10 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 C 300 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 C 300 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2024 C 300 | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2023 C 300 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 C 300 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 C 300 | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 C 300 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 C 300 | 17 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2018 C 300 | 18 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2017 C 300 | 15 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |