FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz GL550

Owners have filed 70 complaints about the Mercedes Benz GL550 with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2016. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Mercedes Benz GL550

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2011 Mercedes Benz GL550

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz GL550 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2016 1 0 0 Electrical System
2015 9 0 3 Engine & Cooling
2014 C 14 0 0 33,500 Engine & Cooling
2013 C 15 0 0 76,343 Electrical System
2012 C 12 3 0 63,000 Airbags
2011 B 16 0 0 Airbags
2010 3 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz GL550

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 20 28.6%

Worst in 2011

Engine & Cooling 10 14.3%

Worst in 2015

Electrical System 9 12.9%

Worst in 2013

Other & Unspecified 7 10.0%

Worst in 2015

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 5.7%

Worst in 2013

Steering 4 5.7%

Worst in 2013

Brakes 3 4.3%

Worst in 2014

Body & Structure 2 2.9%

Worst in 2012

Suspension 2 2.9%

Worst in 2014

Fuel & Propulsion 2 2.9%

Worst in 2013

Wheels 2 2.9%

Worst in 2014

Seats 2 2.9%

Worst in 2014

Lights 1 1.4%

Worst in 2012

Seat Belts 1 1.4%

Worst in 2014

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz GL550, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2013 peak 6 Aug 2026

Compare the Mercedes Benz GL550

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.