Mercedes Extended Warranty & Common C-Class Problems

Mercedes Extended Warranty & Common C-Class Problems

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is one of the German automaker鈥檚 most popular lines of cars. The precise engineering and high quality make this legendary automobile a favorite among luxury car enthusiasts. Any vehicle, however, is vulnerable to eventual mechanical breakdown. Let鈥檚 take a look at some of the more common C-Class problems and their associated costs. In general, more complex vehicles, like the Mercedes-Benz, tend to have higher repair costs. Get a Mercedes extended warranty and have factory warranty-like coverage all-year-round. Sign up for a free warranty quote from CARCHEX now. The only thing you might notice with this problem is the Check Engine light coming on. In other cases, the transmission might slip or shift improperly. When the vehicle is plugged into the diagnostic computer, there鈥檚 a good chance a faulty camshaft adjuster solenoid will show up as the culprit. The solenoid adjusts the camshaft timing which controls the opening and closing of the engine valves.

Mercedes-Benz has released a service bulletin on how to repair this problem, and if your car is under warranty it鈥檒l be covered. Drivers of Mercedes-Benz C-Class vehicles with 7-speed automatic transmission may notice rough shifting, especially after 66,000 miles. This occurs especially when shifting up or down to second gear. Specific internal transmission components will require replacement, and in many cases the transmission must be removed and repaired. In the C-320, a clicking noise behind the dash may be detected. This could be caused by a broken stepper motor actuating arm which controls air direction for the heating/AC system. Sometimes this sound only occurs when starting the car and disappears after a few minutes. To fix the problems, the dash must be disassembled, and the broken actuating arm replaced. In some instances, multiple actuating arms might be broken and require replacement. 1,000 for parts and labor. If your Mercedes-Benz C-Class battery dies without an obvious cause, it could be due to a failed seat control module. Damaged modules do not shut down properly leading to battery drain. Spilled liquids on the front seats is a common cause of damage to the seat control. Trouble starting your vehicle could be caused by a failed crankshaft position sensor. If a sensor is the problem, the motor cranks over and over, but doesn鈥檛 start. Also, the engine can stall, especially when idling. This issue is more common for vehicles with over 98,000 miles. Have your repair costs covered with a Mercedes extended warranty. Get a free extended protection plan quote from CARCHEX today. As the leading auto warranty provider, CARCHEX has collected years of repair warranty claim data on thousands of vehicle makes and models. Specific types of Mercedes-Benz repairs highlighted in this article are derived from data provided by RepairPal, a CARCHEX partner. Repair costs derived from both RepairPal, as well as CARCHEX based on actual warranty related data for 2002-2014 vehicles.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 5:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Read more about these developments on this C/D page. NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,鈥?and that it 鈥渄id not suppress any test results showing cracking or rupturing in the inflators,鈥?whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA. For its story about Takata鈥檚 statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November 6 article. That anonymous person is quoted as saying: 鈥淲hat Takata says is not true . On November 12, we reported about a change in Takata鈥檚 chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation. UPDATE 11/18/2014, 6:10 p.m.: In light of a recent airbag failure in a 2007 Ford Mustang in North Carolina鈥攚hich was not part of the original 鈥渉igh-humidity areas鈥?Takata recall鈥攖he U.S.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars equipped with the defective Takata driver鈥檚-side airbags. UPDATE 11/20/2014, 5:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took heat for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they鈥檙e blanketed nationwide. UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata push through a nationwide recall of cars equipped with the suspect driver鈥檚-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing. UPDATE 12/4/2014, 10:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles equipped with Takata airbags.

Chrysler鈥檚 recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of roughly 149,000 2003 Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver鈥檚-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks 鈥渟old or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands.鈥?Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. Ford鈥檚 expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler鈥檚, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004-2005 Rangers and 2005-2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles 鈥渙riginally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company鈥檚 U.S.-market vehicles listed below. UPDATE 12/5/2014, 3:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of 3 million vehicles to its list of affected cars鈥攁nd also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.