Mercedes-Benz GLE 350

Owners filed 354 complaints across 11 model years of the Mercedes-Benz GLE 350. The 2020 drew the most (91).

Model years11
Complaints354
Recalls81
Fires8
Deaths1

Which Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 years should you avoid?

No Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 51), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2022 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

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 GLE 350 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
1——VisibilityRoutine
2025Too new1
1——Structure › BodyRoutine
20247
3——Unknown or OtherRoutine
202315
3—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
202235
711Unknown or OtherRoutine
202148
1423EngineRoutine
202091
2713EngineRoutine
20191
2——Seat BeltsRoutine
201840
7—5Electrical SystemFatalities reported
201762
7—6Unknown or OtherRoutine
201653
944Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine

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