Vehicle profile
2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 228 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Manual 6-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2008 Compact Cars
- 0.37× the 2.71 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SEAT BELTS — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2008 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
07V465000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHERCERTAIN VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." THE REAR OUTBOARD SEAT BELTS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAP-BELT LOCKABILITY REQUIREMENT WHICH ENABLES THE LAP BELT PORTION OF THE BELT TO BE LOCKED BY THE USER TO FACILITATE THE USE OF OLDER NON-LATCH DESIGN CHILD RESTRAINT DEVICES.
Consequence: UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS SITUATION MAY CAUSE THE LOCKING MECHANISM NOT TO PERFORM AS REQUIRED BY THE STANDARD FOR USE WITH OLDER NON-LATCH CHILD RESTRAINTS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL POTENTIALLY AFFECTED SEAT BELTS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 19, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERCEDES-BENZ AT 1-800-367-6372.
2007-10-03
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