FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz GLE 450

Owners have filed 122 complaints about the Mercedes Benz GLE 450 with NHTSA across model years 2020 to 2024. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2020 Mercedes Benz GLE 450

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

Cleanest on record

2023 Mercedes Benz GLE 450

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz GLE 450 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
2024 C 14 6 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 A 12 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2022 B 20 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 C 28 0 0 3,000 Electrical System
2020 D 48 0 0 5,300 Electrical System

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz GLE 450

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

Worst in 2020

Engine & Cooling 26 21.3%

Worst in 2020

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 12 9.8%

Worst in 2020

Acceleration & Cruise Control 11 9.0%

Worst in 2020

Other & Unspecified 11 9.0%

Worst in 2020

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 7.4%

Worst in 2023

Fuel & Propulsion 5 4.1%

Worst in 2022

Brakes 3 2.5%

Worst in 2024

Body & Structure 3 2.5%

Worst in 2024

Suspension 2 1.6%

Worst in 2020

Lights 2 1.6%

Worst in 2020

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 2 1.6%

Worst in 2020

Tires 2 1.6%

Worst in 2020

Seats 2 1.6%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz GLE 450, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2019 peak 8 Aug 2026

Compare the Mercedes Benz GLE 450

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