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2009 Mercedes benz C300 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1226122
Internal NHTSA #	10779625
Manufacurer	Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
Brand	MERCEDES BENZ
Model	C300
Model Year	2009
File date	03/10/15
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On 10/3/2015 the vehicle was parked at a gas station for 5 minutes. Upon returning to the car and attemped to switch the ignition on, the car wont start. Contacted mercedes benz in englewood and they offered a road assistance ( $80 service charge ). After waiting for over an hour and half the roadside technician arrived and attemped to jumstart the vehicle with no success. He said that with 25 years of experience working for mercedes that this is a common issue where the vehicle wont recognize the key, locking the steering and cutting off the engine power to start up. He contacted mercedes for a towing truck to take it to the dealer for diagnostic. This happened on a saturday and have to wait til monday for results. Vehicle has 79,000 miles odometer reading. Theres more then 10,000 feedbacks over the internet with the same issue. Fix ranges from $500 to $1500. Mercedes has not recalled this ongoing common issue.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	79000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JERSEY CITY, NJ
VIN pattern	WDDGF81X49RXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Mercedes benz C300 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Mercedes benz C300 Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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