FaultScore

Infiniti JX35 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 Infiniti JX35 Mercedes Benz C250
Complaints on file 361 902
Model years covered 2013–2013 2012–2016
Worst model year 2013
Best model year 2015
Crashes reported 7 51
Fires reported 2 21
Injuries reported 9 43
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Airbags Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 5% 12.7%

Infiniti JX35 by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 87 24.1%
Brakes 27 7.5%
Other & Unspecified 24 6.6%
Engine & Cooling 16 4.4%
Lights 15 4.2%
Body & Structure 13 3.6%

Mercedes Benz C250 by year

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

What breaks