Chevrolet Corsica vs Mercedes Benz C300

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	Chevrolet Corsica	Mercedes Benz C300
Complaints on file	1,163	2,855
Model years covered	1987–1997	2010–2016
Worst model year	1994	2010
Best model year	1996	2012
Crashes reported	127	102
Fires reported	46	33
Injuries reported	90	72
Deaths reported	3	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	22.9%	7.3%

Chevrolet Corsica by year

2 82 90 86 119 184 128 157 145 169 1

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

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

What breaks

Brakes 205 17.6%

Electrical System 158 13.6%

Engine & Cooling 133 11.4%

Lights 104 8.9%

Airbags 78 6.7%

Seat Belts 76 6.5%

Steering 70 6.0%

Body & Structure 63 5.4%

Mercedes Benz C300 by year

593 585 333 342 120 514 368

10 11 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 738 25.8%

Body & Structure 290 10.2%

Engine & Cooling 262 9.2%

Suspension 257 9.0%

Electrical System 249 8.7%

Other & Unspecified 237 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 222 7.8%

Steering 188 6.6%