2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Steering

The contact owns a 2010 Mercedes-Benz C300. The contact stated that the vehicle had failed to start after several attempts; however, the infotainment system was turned on. The contact stated that the engine failed to start. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact related the failure to an unknown steering coupling interlock mechanism recall. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the residence. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

I had to pull over in the emergency lane to take a very important phone call! Turned off the car and removed key! Upon trying to crank car back up the EIS (electronic ignition switch) failed and the car wouldn’t start back up! This is absolutely dangerous considering the car has less than 100,000 miles on it! This is a known problem with Mercedes and should be recalled! This is going to kill someone if this continues to go unresolved! Mercedes charges 1,000s of dollars to repair something that is happening with w204 generation year of the car!

I NOTICES BACK IN 2013- 2014 A RECALL WAS SENT OUT BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING IN THE 2010 MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASS 300. ON 07/01/2020 THATS WHEN I NOTICES MY 2010 MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASS WAS LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID. I NOTIFIED THE MERCEDES DEALERSHIP AND THEY PULLED UP MY VIN NUMBER. SHE INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR WAS SERVICE. APPARENTLY WHAT EVER THEY FIX ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER PLEASE THANK YOU.

MY CAR WAS WORKING COMPLETELY FINE ALL MORNING. I WENT TO START IT AGAIN BUT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. I WOULD TURN MY KEY AND GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. DOORS AND LOCKS WERE STILL WORKING.

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK IS STUCK AND NOW MY CAR WILL NOT START. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MERCEDES CARS OF ALL MAKES & MODELS. I PUT MY KEY IN AND TRIED TO START IT AND IT FAILED TO START. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HAD IT TESTED AND REPLACED. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE CAR STILL WILL NOT START AND COME TO FIND OUT IT IS THE STEERING LOCK MOTOR THAT HAS FAILED. IT IS A ESL FAILURE.

SEIZED STEERING LOCK AND PASSENGER DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE INSIDE

STEERING CONTROL LOCK UNIT HAS GONE BAD MANY ISSUES CAR WILL NOT START LEAVES YOU STRANDED MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT OVER THE INTERNET SAME SITUATION MERCEDES REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DON'T FEEL SAFE STEERING WHEEL CAN LOCK WHILE DRIVING THIS IS NOT SAFE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK, BACK, AND CHEST INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A SECOND PERSON WAS INJURED FROM THE SECOND VEHICLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

THE ELS PROBLEM AGAIN LIKE IN THE OTHER MERCEDEZ ..I PARK MY CAR WAS RUNNING GOOD NO NOISE OR ANYTHING WHEN I WAS GOING HOME DEAD NOT TURNING ON THE ENGINE ..HAD TO TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SOYED IS THE POWER STEERING LOCK

ON OR ABOUT 11/24/19, VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE OVERNIGHT AND NEXT MORNING, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START DUE TO STEERING BEING LOCKED ELECTRONICALLY. CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER BESIDES DOORS OPENING AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND SERVICE ADVISOR CONTACTED ME TO INFORM ME THAT THE VEHICLE LOCKED THE SEETHING DUE TO FAULTY SWITCH. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND RETURN TO ME ON 12/4/2019. AT THIS TIME, I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY DUE TO POSSIBILITY THAT THE STEERING MIGHT LOCK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY BECAME DIFFICULT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,650.

JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TWO WEEKS AGO, WAS AT A CAR WASH CLEANING THE VEHICLE 4 DAYS AGO, TWO HOURS LATER READY TO LEAVE AND WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, ONLY ABLE TO LOCK/UNLOCK VEHICLE WITH FAB AND RADIO AND DASH LIGHT STILL WORKED BUT CAR WAS JUST DEAD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TWICE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS GATED AND NO WHERE TO LEAVE IT ON A SUNDAY THAT WAS SAFE SO TOWED IT ON MONDAY MORNING TO PARK CITY OF DALLAS (MERCEDES) AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE BEEN INFORMED IT IS THE STEERING PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON APPARENTLY WITH THIS MODEL. I HAVE READ SO MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. SO WHY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR WHEN ITS OBVIOUS THAT MERCEDES BENZ MESSED UP THEY NEED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR COST NOT OURS. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING. I DROVE MY BMW FOR 22 YEARS AND IT NEVER LEFT ME STRANDED. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE DUE TO SOMEONES NEGLIGENCE MY BMW WAS TOTALED SO THOUGHT I WOULD TRY A MERCEDES BUT TWO WEEKS INTO THIS DEAL I AM NOT HAPPY AND VERY CONCERNED THAT I MADE A TERRIBLE PURCHASE....

THE STEERING WHEEL GOT LOCKED WHILE PARKING THE CAR AND THE CAR NEVER STARTS AGAIN.

DOES NOT START, STEERING NOT LOCKED, EIS/ESL ISSUES

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY MERCEDES BENZ 2010 WITH THE POWERING STEERING HOSE. I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS FOR REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET, BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING FLUID KEPT LEAKING. I RECEIVED A LETTER AFTER THE REPAIRS THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OUTSTANDING REGARDING THE POWER STEERING HOSE. I WENT TO A MERCEDES DEALERSHIP TO GET REIMBURSEMENT AND THEY ARE REFUSING.

THE ESL (ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK) & THE EIS (ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH) WENT OUT AT EXACTLY 7 YEARS. MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND I TIRED TO TURN IT ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I CAN HERE THE CAR TRYING TO CRANK OVER BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. THERE ARE NUMEROUS MERCEDES BENZ C300 OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM (STEERING LOCK/COLUMN). PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL. THANK YOU.

THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE CAR SUDDENLY LOCKED. ALL ELECTRICAL SHUT SUDDENLY. LUCKILY WE WERE CLOSE TO HOME NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY. MECHANICS IN GENERAL ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE IN THE MERCEDES C300 CLASS. THE REPAIRS WERE ASTRONOMICAL. I CHECKED ONLINE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. MERCEDES BENZ DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY!! IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN IN A FREEWAY COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED WITH THIS AND HAVE MERCEDES BENZ ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. I ALSO HAVE THE TAKATA RECALL AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE!!!!

ANTI-THEFT STEERING WHEEL LOCK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A HIGH-PITCHED NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOT OF POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE TURN, THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER AND THE STEERING LOST POWER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

MY CAR JUST LEFT ME STRANDED (AT HOME OF ALL PLACES). I HAD BEEN HAVING ISSUES THAT DAY WITH THE WHINING NOISE MANY HAVE DEALT WITH. I GOT HOME FROM WORK, AND WENT TO TAKE THE CAR OUT LATER WITH MY HUSBAND, AND SHE'S DEAD. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED HER TO THE DEALERSHIP. SO FAR, $1450 JUST TO REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK, THEN THEY CAN START TO INVESTIGATE THE WHINING SOUND. SERVICE ADVISOR SAYS THE 2 AREN'T CONNECTED AND ITS A COINCIDENCE BOTH THE WHINING AND STEERING LOCK FAILURE ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY???? PLEASE FORCE A RECALL, SO WE CAN RECOUP THIS MONEY. MB IS MAKING A TON OFF OF THE PROBLEM. WHAT IF I HAD BEEN STRANDED IN TRAFFIC, OR WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR? THIS IS A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY MBUSA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. WHILE STATIONARY, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EPS MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

ELECTRIC STEERING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR TO TEST MY NEW WHEELS I JUST PURCHASED THE DAY BEFORE. I PUT THE KEY IN, IT WOULD NOT START AND MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE MY KEY BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I FOUND OUT THAT IT'S NOT MY KEY AT ALL AND THAT IT'S THE ESL WHICH SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUES. THANK GOD MY CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE. I'M ASKING FOR MERCEDES-BENZ TO DO A RECALL SINCE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR TWO MONTHS. THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT.