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2000 Mercedes Benz C230

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

Similar to other model years

Owner complaints for the 2000 Mercedes Benz C230 do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 39.

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29Owner complaints

Model-year median: 39

0Recall campaigns

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0Investigations

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How this year compares

Owner complaints by model year

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199829
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20004
200154
200251
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Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.

What owners reported most

Electrical System
11Power Train
9Air Bags
4Suspension
3Visibility
3
All reported categories
Exterior Lighting
2Seats
2Service Brakes, Hydraulic
2Electronic Stability Control (esc)
1Engine And Engine Cooling
1Fuel System, Gasoline
1Fuel System, Other
1Latches/locks/linkages
1Structure
1Vehicle Speed Control
1

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

Limited mileage data: 17 of 29 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.

What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Electrical System. Review the 11 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Power Train. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Air Bags. Review the 4 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

3 crash reports0 fire reports3 injury reports

Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints

1 reports
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127,000 miles · Feb 8, 2010
Electronic Stability Control (esc)

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON ANY OTHER STREET MY MERCEDES BENZ C230 ENGAGES THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE BY ITSELF CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER SHARPLY TO THE LEFT FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DEALER STATES THAT THE ISSUE IS A FAULTY YAW RATE SENSOR AND CHARGES OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR BUT THI…

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON ANY OTHER STREET MY MERCEDES BENZ C230 ENGAGES THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE BY ITSELF CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER SHARPLY TO THE LEFT FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DEALER STATES THAT THE ISSUE IS A FAULTY YAW RATE SENSOR AND CHARGES OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR BUT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION TO SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE OR EVEN WORSE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS EVENT IN MORE DETAIL, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A OCCURENCE WITH MB OCCURING IN SERVAL VEHICHLES OVER THE YEARS. THIS MUST BE RECALL EM

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Official recalls

0

No recalls in this snapshot.

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NHTSA investigations

0

No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.