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Mercedes-Benz GLE 400

Every Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 model year on file, 2017 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years100 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32017 to 2019

Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins233Summed across model years

By model year

The 2019 model year drew the most complaints, 9, 90% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Electrical system leads the Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Lighting

Speed control

Fuel system

Tires

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2019	SUV	9	0.0	21	4	130
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	66
2017	SUV	1	0.0	2	2	37

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz GLE 400

22V-955 Dec 23, 2022
Water might accumulate in the spare tire wheel well and damage the fuel pump control unit, which could cause an engine stall while driving
Fuel system · 348k vehicles
22V-365 May 20, 2022
Error in the communication module's SIM card software can cause a mobile network connection failure, disabling the emergency call (eCall) system
Communication · 243k vehicles
21V-123 Feb 26, 2021
Affected tires were cured for too long during production
Tires · 2,529 vehicles
21V-072 Feb 12, 2021
On June 18, 2021, an additional 9 vehicles were added, including certain 2021 GLA250, GLC300, 2018 S450, E400, and 2017 CLA250 vehicles
Communication · 67 vehicles
21V-058 Feb 5, 2021
Software design of the communication module may fail to communicate the correct vehicle location for the emergency call system (eCall) in the…
Communication · 1.29M vehicles
17V-077 Feb 8, 2017
In certain types of crash events, the center console may unlatch, allowing the objects within to fly around the cabin
Latches and locks · 5,882 vehicles
16V-759 Oct 20, 2016
Low beam headlights on the affected vehicles may not be properly adjusted
Lighting · 2,215 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.