Mercedes Benz E350 vs GMC Yukon

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	Mercedes Benz E350	GMC Yukon
Complaints on file	2,686	6,468
Model years covered	2003–2017	1986–2026
Worst model year	2014	2007
Best model year	2004	2020
Crashes reported	142	279
Fires reported	78	54
Injuries reported	112	200
Deaths reported	3	13
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12.5%	8.4%

Mercedes Benz E350 by year

10 11 17 482 398 220 76 229 265 260 215 378 40 74 11

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 765 28.5%

Airbags 397 14.8%

Engine & Cooling 218 8.1%

Brakes 204 7.6%

Electrical System 166 6.2%

Other & Unspecified 134 5.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 124 4.6%

Suspension 117 4.4%

GMC Yukon by year

1 1 23 19 71 117 90 180 90 262 199 258 187 251 186 101 49 581 250 116 149 216 88 149 79 682 368 257 95 72 42 441 241 296 144 77 40

86 87 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 954 14.7%

Brakes 896 13.9%

Airbags 668 10.3%

Electrical System 608 9.4%

Other & Unspecified 531 8.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 477 7.4%

Lights 466 7.2%

Body & Structure 303 4.7%