Mercedes Benz GLK350 vs Lincoln Continental

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 GLK350	Lincoln Continental
Complaints on file	1,046	2,566
Model years covered	2006–2015	1975–2020
Worst model year	2015	1994
Best model year	2011	2001
Crashes reported	58	115
Fires reported	20	114
Injuries reported	33	71
Deaths reported	6	9
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11.2%	12%

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%

Lincoln Continental by year

1 1 1 2 1 1 2 9 18 8 14 147 255 244 399 199 200 303 94 69 109 88 46 108 38 43 99 22 38 7

75 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 457 17.8%

Suspension 289 11.3%

Electrical System 260 10.1%

Brakes 219 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 178 6.9%

Body & Structure 155 6.0%

Steering 152 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 117 4.6%