I have a 2016 C300 4Matic with about 40,000 miles. At first it was great, but then little things started to happen. Most were covered by warranty but now I’m seriously concerned. First there was the issue when the head unit went out for 3.5 weeks because of the Sirius OTA update (I’m not a subscriber) and neither the dealer nor MBUSA communicated, offered to help, nothing. It was just a dead unit until the fix came out, and I only learned about that from the forums here. Now the car is in the shop for an auxiliary battery malfunction. While there I mentioned that the license plate bracket had a little nut fall off, and they want $75 to replace the bracket, and that’s just the part (no labor).

I’m the kind of person who usually drives a car until it dies. I used to think of MB as one of those brands where you could do that, but so much of the car is tied up in the electronics I am concerned that is no longer true. Frankly, I wonder if it’s true of any car today. It has me wondering whether it even makes sense to buy a car any more. Maybe it’s smarter to lease since once the warranty expires it’s a money pit.

The warranty expires in about 4 months, and while I’m on the fence about what to do, there’s no way I want to own this thing out of warranty. If anyone has any words of wisdom to share, I’d certainly be thankful.

You can buy an extended warranty. Or trade it in. I would not want to own one of these cars without a warranty. Or you can try Subaru. I planned on having my Subie till it died of old age. But my father murdered (totaled) it. Had the Legacy 3.6R for 8 years. ZERO problems.