Year · Make · Model

1996 Mercedes Benz C Class

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

Electrical System
3
Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
1
Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
1
Engine AND Engine Cooling
1
Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
1
Equipment
1
Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
1
Electrical SYSTEM: Instrument CLUSTER/PANEL
1

Recalls

1 campaign

96V058000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1996-04-04

THE DRIVE BELT PULLEY ON THE ENGINE CAN DEVELOP FATIGUE CRACKS IN THE METAL AND BREAK. IF THE DRIVE PULLEY BREAKS, THE CAR WOULD NOT HAVE ENGINE COOLING, BATTERY CHARGING, AND/OR POWER STEERING.

RiskLOSS OF THESE SYSTEMS CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO OVER HEAT, LOSE POWER FROM THE BATTERY, AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT DAMPER-PULLEY ON THESE VEHICLES.

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