2014 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 173 evidence records for the 2014 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: 120 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Air bags (restraint system)62 (51.7%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 2010–2015.
- Fuel system8 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2011–2012.
- Brakes7 (5.8%)
- Body & structure5 (4.2%)
- Electrical system4 (3.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2014.
- Engine4 (3.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2014–2015.
Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (3.3%) 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
- 43reports included a mileage
- 42,219average 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
- 4mention a crash
- 1mention a fire
- 4mention 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 5
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 59
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
- Owner complaints NHTSA 104
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.