2006 Mercedes-Benz GLK350

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Structure1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jun 1, 201171,000 milesTX

GOODYEAR F1 ULTRA PERFORMANCE ALL SEASON - PURCHASED 06 MERCEDES WITH TIRES ALREADY INSTALLED - SALES PERSON STATED THEY MOUNTED THE NEW TIRES. RIGHT FRONT TIRE OUT OF ROUND DETERMINED BY MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP CAR WAS PURCHASED. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HE WAS WAITING TO FIND TIRES TO MATCH - HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED SINCE - NOTED ON WEB SITES THAT THE SPECIFIED TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACE BY DEALERS THAT SOLD THEM AS A COURTESY BY GOODYEAR TO MAINTAIN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - CALLED GOODYEAR DEALERSHIP IN TOWN - NOT AWARE OF GOODYEAR'S REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *TR

Structure
Filed Aug 4, 201030,477 milesMI

WATER LEAKED OUT OF AN INSULATED COOLER SITTING ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE RIGHT PASSENGER SEAT. THE WATER WENT THRU THE CARPET AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE MODULES WHICH THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND CAUSED THE CAR TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND COULD NOT BE STARTED AS WE HAD JUST LEFT THE FREEWAY. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. IT HAD TO BE DRIED OUT, REINSTALL THE BATTERY, REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULES. WE WERE TOLD THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM EVEN IF A DRINK WERE SPILLED ON THE BACKFLOOR. THE DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A POOR DESIGN FOR PLACEMENT OF ALL THESE ELECTRICAL MODULES. THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2010
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2015114421Fatalities reported
2014104511Fatalities reported
2013137610Routine
2012167400Routine
2011133420Routine
2010241520Above average
20081000Routine
20075010Routine
2006 — this page2000Routine

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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.