Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,136 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine438 (20.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2016–2023.
• Electrical system302 (14.1%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 2016–2026.
• Fuel system178 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2019–2024.
• Driver-assistance systems164 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2020–2021.
• Brakes124 (5.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2019–2020.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)114 (5.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2020–2024.

Other / uncategorized: 252 classifications (11.8%) 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 (1,480 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and fuel system.
• Safety recalls (164 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, body & structure and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (156 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint system) and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (3,108 records, model years 2016–2026) 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

• 444reports included a mileage
• 24,185average 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. 2016 346 records for 2016 346
2. 2017 331 records for 2017 331
3. 2018 361 records for 2018 361
4. 2019 353 records for 2019 353
5. 2020 366 records for 2020 366
6. 2021 329 records for 2021 329
7. 2022 282 records for 2022 282
8. 2023 417 records for 2023 417
9. 2024 334 records for 2024 334
10. 2025 238 records for 2025 238
11. 2026 117 records for 2026 117

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

• 76mention a crash
• 26mention a fire
• 80mention an injury
• 2mention a fatality

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 164
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 3,108
• Investigations NHTSA 12
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 156
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,480

Explore the underlying evidence records