Mercedes Benz C300 vs Lincoln Town CAR

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	Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints on file	1,788	4,329
Model years covered	2008–2009	1977–2011
Worst model year	—	1996
Best model year	—	2010
Crashes reported	47	404
Fires reported	53	512
Injuries reported	41	232
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	26.7%

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%

Lincoln Town CAR by year

2 1 1 1 4 6 19 24 54 40 123 97 267 278 312 226 212 241 316 395 194 203 147 207 71 242 99 161 207 114 31 6 17 11

77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Electrical System 558 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 520 12.0%

Brakes 504 11.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 469 10.8%

Suspension 334 7.7%

Airbags 329 7.6%

Steering 240 5.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 186 4.3%