2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 70 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes8 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2018–2024.
• Electrical system8 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 19, covering model years 2016–2024.
• Fuel system8 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2016–2024.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)8 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2016–2023.
• Tires & wheels6 (8.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2018.
• Lights4 (5.7%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2016–2021.

Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (10.0%) 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 (972 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and driver-assistance systems.
• Safety recalls (174 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, body & structure and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (162 records, model years 2016–2026) are most frequently classified under: body & structure, fuel system and lights.
• Manufacturer communications (3,539 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

• 29reports included a mileage
• 30,130average 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 254 records for 2016 254
2. 2017 271 records for 2017 271
3. 2018 251 records for 2018 251
4. 2019 250 records for 2019 250
5. 2020 564 records for 2020 564
6. 2021 522 records for 2021 522
7. 2022 438 records for 2022 438
8. 2023 325 records for 2023 325
9. 2024 348 records for 2024 348
10. 2025 277 records for 2025 277
11. 2026 101 records for 2026 101

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

• 7mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 6mention an injury
• 1mention 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 9
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 183
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 52

Explore the underlying evidence records