FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz AMG C43

Owners have filed 79 complaints about the Mercedes Benz AMG C43 with NHTSA across model years 2016 to 2023. More of them are about the wheels than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Mercedes Benz AMG C43

31 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly wheels.

Cleanest on record

2020 Mercedes Benz AMG C43

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz AMG C43 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2023 5 0 0 Brakes
2022 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2021 1 0 0 Tires
2020 A 15 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 6 0 0 Wheels
2018 C 18 0 0 4,500 Wheels
2017 D 31 4 0 25,000 Wheels
2016 2 0 0 Wheels

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz AMG C43

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Wheels 15 19.0%

Worst in 2017

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 11.4%

Worst in 2020

Other & Unspecified 8 10.1%

Worst in 2018

Seat Belts 7 8.9%

Worst in 2017

Body & Structure 5 6.3%

Worst in 2017

Tires 5 6.3%

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 4 5.1%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 4 5.1%

Worst in 2018

Brakes 4 5.1%

Worst in 2017

Steering 3 3.8%

Worst in 2017

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 3 3.8%

Worst in 2020

Airbags 2 2.5%

Worst in 2017

Suspension 2 2.5%

Worst in 2020

Fuel & Propulsion 2 2.5%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz AMG C43, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2017 peak 7 Aug 2026

Compare the Mercedes Benz AMG C43

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.