FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz GLC 300

Owners have filed 609 complaints about the Mercedes Benz GLC 300 with NHTSA across model years 2018 to 2025. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2018 Mercedes Benz GLC 300

124 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2024 Mercedes Benz GLC 300

33 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz GLC 300 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
2025 D 32 9 0 10,903 Electrical System
2024 C 33 2 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 D 99 4 0 4,000 Electrical System
2022 D 85 10 4 10,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2021 C 84 1 1 19,369 Engine & Cooling
2020 D 88 4 0 21,250 Engine & Cooling
2019 D 64 4 5 41,500 Electrical System
2018 D 124 8 3 9,600 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz GLC 300

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

Engine & Cooling 124 20.4%

Worst in 2021

Electrical System 102 16.7%

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2018

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2022

Worst in 2018

Lights 30 4.9%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2018

Steering 25 4.1%

Worst in 2022

Brakes 22 3.6%

Worst in 2018

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 18 3.0%

Worst in 2019

Acceleration & Cruise Control 17 2.8%

Worst in 2022

Airbags 13 2.1%

Worst in 2018

Seat Belts 10 1.6%

Worst in 2018

Exactly what failed on a Mercedes Benz GLC 300

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 18 25.4%
Body 17 23.9%
Warnings 7 9.9%
Blind Spot Detection 6 8.5%
Camera 5 7.0%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 5 7.0%
Assist 4 5.6%
Rearview System Braking 3 4.2%
Adaptive Cruise Control 3 4.2%
Hatchback/Liftgate 3 4.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz GLC 300, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2018 peak 48 Aug 2026

Mercedes Benz GLC 300 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mercedes Benz GLC 300

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