Mercedes-Benz GLC 300

Owners filed 661 complaints across 11 model years of the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300. The 2016 drew the most (134).

Model years11
Complaints661
Recalls101
Fires11
Deaths2

Which Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 years should you avoid?

No Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 year stands out. Across the 8 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 69), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new2
3——Electrical SystemRoutine
2025Too new16
3—3Electrical SystemRoutine
202421
8—1EngineRoutine
202355
12—2Electrical SystemFatalities reported
202261
226SteeringFatalities reported
202167
922EngineRoutine
202070
16—3EngineRoutine
201947
1224Electrical SystemRoutine
201887
1214EngineRoutine
2017101
1223EngineRoutine
2016134
1229EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.