Mercedes Benz C300 vs Chevrolet Camaro

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	Mercedes Benz C300	Chevrolet Camaro
Complaints on file	1,788	4,341
Model years covered	2008–2009	1968–2024
Worst model year	—	2010
Best model year	—	2022
Crashes reported	47	452
Fires reported	53	115
Injuries reported	41	294
Deaths reported	0	17
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	20.2%

Mercedes Benz C300 by year

942 846

08 09

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

What breaks

Airbags 459 25.7%

Electrical System 428 23.9%

Steering 273 15.3%

Lights 228 12.8%

Other & Unspecified 69 3.9%

Engine & Cooling 57 3.2%

Suspension 49 2.7%

Brakes 38 2.1%

Chevrolet Camaro by year

3 1 6 1 5 25 40 64 38 29 20 34 32 110 104 45 182 305 159 88 224 133 119 60 100 394 262 161 251 287 306 200 258 111 72 46 22 16 24 4

68 69 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Electrical System 648 14.9%

Engine & Cooling 480 11.1%

Brakes 464 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 439 10.1%

Airbags 401 9.2%

Steering 284 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 272 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 228 5.3%