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MERCEDES BENZ GLE300D

2016 MERCEDES BENZ GLE300D

7 safety recall campaigns, 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire0

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 7

22V9550002022-12-23

FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP:CONTROL/DRIVE MODULE

An engine stall while driving increases the risk of a crash.

19V7870002019-11-01

COMMUNICATION

An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.

17V6550002017-10-17

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

If the passenger's frontal air bag does not function as designed in the event of a crash, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of injury.

17V2410002017-04-11

STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

If water enters the power steering control unit, the power steering assist may be deactivated, increasing the risk of a crash.

17V1770002017-03-14

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE

If the air bags do not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, there would be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

16V9030002016-12-15

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

If the front passenger air bag does not deploy as necessary in the event of a crash, the front passenger has an increased risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 2POWER TRAIN
  • 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 1SERVICE BRAKES
  • 1STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 1VISIBILITY/WIPER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2016 MERCEDES BENZ GLE300Ds 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.

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