23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2016 MERCEDES BENZ GLC300
12 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 170 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns12
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints170
Complaints citing a crash14
Complaints citing a fire3
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 12
21V197000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
18V683000
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
18V177000
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 38ENGINE
- 27SERVICE BRAKES
- 21UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 18FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 12AIR BAGS
- 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 7STEERING
- 5POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 MERCEDES BENZ GLC300s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.