Mercedes-Benz G-Class — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 142 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine18 (12.7%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2014–2019.
• Fuel system16 (11.3%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2005–2024.
• Electrical system14 (9.9%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2003–2021.
• Brakes12 (8.5%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2017–2021.
• Driver-assistance systems10 (7.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2016–2025.
• Body & structure10 (7.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2011–2021.

Other / uncategorized: 18 classifications (12.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (102 records, model years 2002–2025) are most frequently classified under: engine, fuel system and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (104 records, model years 2002–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (89 records, model years 2003–2025) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, air bags (restraint system) and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (2,592 records, model years 2002–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 40reports included a mileage
• 43,686average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2002 65 records for 2002 65
2. 2003 76 records for 2003 76
3. 2004 68 records for 2004 68
4. 2005 74 records for 2005 74
5. 2006 76 records for 2006 76
6. 2007 80 records for 2007 80
7. 2008 74 records for 2008 74
8. 2009 83 records for 2009 83
9. 2010 91 records for 2010 91
10. 2011 81 records for 2011 81
11. 2013 97 records for 2013 97
12. 2014 99 records for 2014 99
13. 2015 100 records for 2015 100
14. 2016 115 records for 2016 115
15. 2017 119 records for 2017 119
16. 2018 117 records for 2018 117
17. 2019 203 records for 2019 203
18. 2020 186 records for 2020 186
19. 2021 185 records for 2021 185
20. 2022 159 records for 2022 159
21. 2023 137 records for 2023 137
22. 2024 116 records for 2024 116
23. 2025 75 records for 2025 75

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 2mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 36mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 104
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 2,592
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 89
• Owner complaints NHTSA 102

Explore the underlying evidence records