MODELYEARINDEX

Mercedes-Benz GLA

169 complaints across 6 scored model years .

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Mercedes-Benz GLA Full report
F
Grade 2015–2021
2015 vs model median 2.4×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 8
Engine 6
Electrical 6
Avoid

2015

Best

2016 · 2017

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2015
2.44× 49 F
2016
0.36× 12 A
2017
0.73× 18 B
2018
0.98× 16 B
2019
1.26× 20 C
2021
1.01× 21 B
2023 P
0.70× 14 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG28
City / Highway24 / 34
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,700

Recalls

No recall campaigns are on record for this model.

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 GLA
Complaints in window
49
Severity-weighted
80.5
Model median (weighted)
33
vs model median
2.44×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
0
Open investigations
1
Score 35.7 F