NHTSA Complaint #11574237 — 2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C300

EXTERIOR LIGHTING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11574237
Vehicle	2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C300
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Date of Incident	February 23, 2024
Date Filed	February 27, 2024
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	NJ

Consumer Description

We had notifications on our dashboard that rear driver side (left) lights were out while driving car. We thought the light bulbs just had to be replaced. We brought to mechanic to just fix lights & they discovered the light ground wire burned out & caused light holder to be damaged as well where ground wire was. It caused rear driver side tail lights to fail. We had light bulb holder with wires all replaced on 2/23/24. This issue was a recall back in 2014 & seems to be a reoccurring issue with this part of the Mercedez 2011 C class.

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