2006 Mercedes-Benz C280 Engine Problems

“While trying to merge on the highway the car response slowly when trying to accelerate to highway speed the engine over rev's but no power the same happens when changing lanes. While reversing out of a driveway the car locked up both the engine and steering wheel would not I had to turn in on and off several times and the put it back in drive before I was able to finally reverse this incident placed my life in danger because when the car locked up half of it was on the driveway and the other half in the street impeding traffic. …”

“The car has a balance shaft issue like many w272 engines...we need to find a way to get mercedes into another class action lawsuit...this issue will cost me about 5000 dollars to fix...otherwise.”

“Check engine light came on and would not turn off. Took vehicle to an authorized mercedes dealership I was told the issue was the timing in balance shaft of the engine. According to the mechanic mercedes benz was well aware of the balance shaft issue at the time the vehicle was built, but the problem only shows up on some of the c-class models and due to the mileage on the my vehicle there was nothing he could do. If this is an issue mercedes was aware I shouldn't have to pay 6k to fix. There should be something mercedes should do to help owners with the cost of repairs. …”

“I was approaching an exit and the vehicle engine was revving with RPM's high however there was little power to move forward. I pulled the car(coasting) to the side of the road turned it off and restarted it unable to think what else to do. On another occasion the same thing happened with the same result this problem has occurred at least 4 times.. This is a safety issue because if I had been on a congested highway with no acceleration and nowhere to pull off the result would have been an accident. The engine shakes upon starting it and the check engine light comes on and off intermittently. …”

“Vehicle check engine light keeps coming on with a p0015 code which indicates a camshaft problem. Numerous complaints found online regarding same year, make and model for this vehicle. It could cause the car to stall, not shift gears and other issues suddenly.”