Mercedes-Benz GLE 450

Owners filed 97 complaints across 7 model years of the Mercedes-Benz GLE 450. The 2020 drew the most (26).

Model years7
Complaints97
Recalls80
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 450 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
202410
4—2Service BrakesRoutine
20237
4——Power TrainRoutine
202214
11—1EngineRoutine
202115
17——Electrical SystemRoutine
202026
32——Electrical SystemRoutine
20170
1———Routine
201625
11—4Electrical SystemRoutine

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