Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 12/16/2012 | 50451 | ||
| Warning on dash shows rr brake light is out and turn signal lights is out. went to look at the back of the car to see if the lights where on and the rr light assembly was dim. open the panel where the bulbs are and the wire harness was fried. this might be a fire hazard. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 05/22/2010 | 9010 | ||
| At 5:00pm, i was driving the mercedes benz c300, year 2009, 9010 miles in the parking lot of ymca in la canada, ca at 3 miles/hr. i prepared to stop the car and stepped on the brake, suddenly, the engine rev up and accelerated. the car jumped over the stop bumper but i pressed very hard on the brake and finally the car stopped and the engine was off. the front of the car was about 2 feet from the wall at the parking lot. i was so scared because it was the first time i experienced the unintended acceleration. i went to the gym and at 6:30pm i drove the car back home, it is about 6 miles from my house. i really feel unsafe with my almost brand new mb. i'll take off for work next monday and will take the car to the dealer for checking. i was lucky this time with no damage or injury because i was driving very slowly in the parking lot and ready to stop. however i don't want to take the chance next time, it's so dangerous, i can get kill or somebody can get hurt if my car jumps again. i do the research and see the complaint # 10330370 on 05/23/2010. the case was almost the same: when the driver stepped on the brake and the mb unintended accelerated. please do the investigation by now and feel free to contact me anytime. regards, | |||
| 05/13/2010 | 22000 | ||
| I was driving on the parkway at ~40 mph and attempted to slow down by stepping on the brake. the car did not slow down but accelerated. and struck the car in front of me. every time i pressed on the brake, the car accelerated so that the car struck the car in front twice. i tried to turn off the ignition and was unable to. finally, i pushed hard on the brake enough to slow it down and i was ten able to put the car in neutral. the engine raced but i was then able to turn it off. despite damage to the front of the vehicle, the airbags did not deploy. | |||