MODELYEARINDEX

Mercedes-Benz GLB

128 complaints across 2 scored model years .

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Mercedes-Benz GLB Full report
C
Grade 2020–2021
2020 vs model median 1.4×
Model median3× median
Body & Interior 11
Electrical 9
Airbags & Restraints 6
Weakest

2020 · 2021

Best

2020 · 2021

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.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Mercedes-Benz GLB
Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
1.43× 58 C
2021
0.57× 26 A
2022 P
0.73× 25 B
2023 P
0.38× 13 A

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.

EPA fuel economy and drivetrain
Combined MPG27
City / Highway24 / 32
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

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.

Other models in the same segment
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.

Working 2020 GLB
Complaints in window
58
Severity-weighted
76.5
Model median (weighted)
53
vs model median
1.43×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
0
Open investigations
0
Score 64.3 C