2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed Nov 4, 20178 milesAZ

WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF WHILE THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL IN DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION IS AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, NOT PARK. AS A RESULT, THE PASSENGER ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT DO SO BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING...VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY IF CHILDREN WERE GREETING THE VEHICLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2016
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20201000Routine
20191000Routine
2018 — this page1000Routine
20171000Routine
20164000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.