FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz C250

Owners have filed 902 complaints about the Mercedes Benz C250 with NHTSA across model years 2012 to 2016. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Mercedes Benz C250

346 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2015 Mercedes Benz C250

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz C250 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
2016 1 0 0 Airbags
2015 B 16 4 0 39,000 Airbags
2014 D 222 22 9 48,000 Airbags
2013 D 346 21 10 60,000 Airbags
2012 C 317 4 2 65,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz C250

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

Airbags 437 48.4%

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 135 15.0%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2013

Steering 44 4.9%

Worst in 2013

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Brakes 24 2.7%

Worst in 2012

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 1.4%

Worst in 2013

Suspension 9 1.0%

Worst in 2013

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 8 0.9%

Worst in 2013

Stability & Traction Control 8 0.9%

Worst in 2013

Lights 7 0.8%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz C250, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2012 peak 45 Jun 2026

Mercedes Benz C250 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mercedes Benz C250

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