2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 237 evidence records for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 188 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Air bags (restraint system)134 (71.3%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 2010–2015.
- Fuel system13 (6.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2011–2012.
- Brakes6 (3.2%)
- Electrical system4 (2.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2014.
- Suspension4 (2.1%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (1.6%)
Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (3.7%) 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 (1,792 records, model years 2010–2015) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and brakes.
- Manufacturer communications (520 records, model years 2010–2015) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and lights.
"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
- 26reports included a mileage
- 100,551average 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.
- 2010 340 records for 2010
- 2011 200 records for 2011
- 2012 237 records for 2012
- 2013 216 records for 2013
- 2014 173 records for 2014
- 2015 179 records for 2015
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
- 5mention a crash
- 3mention 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 4
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 60
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 5
- Owner complaints NHTSA 167
Where to go next
- Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.