2024 MERCEDES-BENZ C C300

The auction record lists this 2024 Mercedes-Benz C-Class as having a salvage certificate with “SIDE” as the primary damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible extensive damage to the left-side doors and rocker panel supports the “SIDE” classification. However, the salvage-certificate status itself cannot be confirmed from photographs alone. The left front and left rear doors have broad, moderate denting with extensive horizontal scrape marks, paint loss, and abrasion, particularly across the middle and lower sections. The left rocker panel and adjoining lower door edges are visibly creased, crushed-looking, and deformed, with significant scraped surfaces. The extent of the rocker-panel damage warrants inspection for possible underlying structural, sill, floor, door, hinge, wiring, and suspension-related effects; these areas cannot be assessed fully from the supplied findings. Light-colored airbag fabric is hanging from the upper driver-side roof/A-pillar area, and a red occupant-restraint/airbag warning symbol is illuminated in the instrument cluster. The restraint system, airbag components, pretensioners, sensors, wiring, and related control modules should be professionally inspected and repaired before the vehicle is considered safe for road use. The VIN decode identifies the vehicle as a 2024 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300 sedan with a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder gasoline M254 engine, turbocharging, and a nine-speed automatic transmission. It was manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Cars in South Africa. The decode also lists front and side airbags, seat-belt pretensioners, ABS, electronic stability control, traction control, blind-spot monitoring, forward-collision warning, and other standard safety equipment. The current condition and warning indicator mean that the operation of these systems should not be assumed without diagnostic testing and a complete post-repair inspection.