Ford E-250 vs Mercedes Benz GLK350

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Ford E-250	Mercedes Benz GLK350
Complaints on file	421	1,046
Model years covered	1990–2022	2006–2015
Worst model year	1999	2015
Best model year	2013	2011
Crashes reported	47	58
Fires reported	24	20
Injuries reported	38	33
Deaths reported	2	6
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	26.4%	11.2%

Ford E-250 by year

1 11 30 7 14 19 24 31 30 56 21 18 18 22 14 12 14 7 10 2 12 9 13 13 7 2 3 1

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 15.0%

Brakes 61 14.5%

Tires 43 10.2%

Suspension 37 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 7.8%

Electrical System 32 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 5.7%

Steering 23 5.5%

Mercedes Benz GLK350 by year

4 5 3 280 151 188 160 120 135

06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 15

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 624 59.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 89 8.5%

Brakes 37 3.5%

Electrical System 36 3.4%

Steering 34 3.3%

Other & Unspecified 32 3.1%

Body & Structure 27 2.6%

Suspension 25 2.4%