Worst years for a Mercedes Benz C220
Owners have filed 150 complaints about the Mercedes Benz C220 with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 1998. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.
Avoid
1995 Mercedes Benz C22065 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.
Cleanest on record
1994 Mercedes Benz C22039 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Mercedes Benz C220 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.
What breaks on a Mercedes Benz C220
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 1995
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Worst in 1996
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Exactly what failed on a Mercedes Benz C220
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz C220, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the Mercedes Benz C220
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.