Acura ILX vs Mercedes Benz C250

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Acura ILX	Mercedes Benz C250
Complaints on file	363	902
Model years covered	2013–2022	2012–2016
Worst model year	2016	2013
Best model year	2020	2015
Crashes reported	31	51
Fires reported	4	21
Injuries reported	17	43
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	12.7%

Acura ILX by year

92 37 21 81 24 26 45 13 19 5

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 78 21.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 51 14.0%

Brakes 46 12.7%

Electrical System 32 8.8%

Other & Unspecified 30 8.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 24 6.6%

Engine & Cooling 18 5.0%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 17 4.7%

Mercedes Benz C250 by year

317 346 222 16 1

12 13 14 15 16

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 437 48.4%

Engine & Cooling 135 15.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 59 6.5%

Steering 44 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 43 4.8%

Electrical System 37 4.1%

Body & Structure 29 3.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 27 3.0%