2015 MERCEDES-BENZ C 300 4MATIC VIN 55SWF4KB3FU017463

This record covers a 2015 Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC, finished in black. The drivetrain combines an automatic gearbox with all-wheel drive. The engine is a 2.0-litre petrol unit with four cylinders. Every figure for this car is given as it appears in the source data.

The recorded mileage is 95,658 miles. A clock converted from miles to kilometres should be documented, since the swap can hide the true mileage. Gaps of several years between logged figures deserve attention, as does any reading lower than the one before it. Older figures usually turn up on service invoices, inspection reports and past title paperwork.

Primary damage in the record: rear end. A damage entry is a starting point for the inspection, telling the mechanic where to look first. Whatever the cause, a diagnostic scan of the car’s electronics shows fault codes that a visual check misses.

A key was noted with the car. Running condition describes a single moment, and standing or work done since can change it.

According to the source data, the car has a clean title. Nothing on the title points to a total loss or a flood.

Every car builds up a history from the day it is first registered: owners come and go, inspections are passed or failed, and repairs are paid for. What a car has been through is seldom visible at first glance, and a respray can make even a badly damaged car look sound.

Many modern petrol engines are turbocharged and direct-injected; where they are, the turbocharger and injectors belong on a specialist’s checklist. The automatic gearbox needs its fluid changed at the manufacturer’s intervals, and invoices should show that it was. On a car with all-wheel drive, a whine or clunk when turning tightly at low speed needs a mechanic’s attention.

Stamped into the body and printed on a plate, the VIN is the one identifier that stays with a car through every owner, registration and repair. This Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC has the VIN 55SWF4KB3FU017463. The VIN usually appears at the base of the windscreen, on a door pillar and stamped into the body, and all of them should match the documents.

A VIN report gathers what different sources know about a car, such as the number of owners, mileage readings, damage and any branded title. The absence of an entry is not proof that nothing happened; it may only mean that nobody wrote it down. A VIN check and a physical inspection answer different questions: the first says what happened to the car, the second what condition it is in now. The history behind VIN 55SWF4KB3FU017463 is the natural starting point before any decision about this Mercedes-Benz C 300 4MATIC.