Model Year Index

Mercedes-Benz GLE

477 complaints across 5 scored model years and 52 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Mercedes-Benz GLE Full report
F
Grade 2016–2021
2020 vs model median 2.2×
Model median3× median
Electrical 22
Driver Assist 20
Engine 16
Avoid

2020 · 2021

Best

2017 · 2018

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
2016
1.00× 57 C
2017
0.80× 43 C
2018
0.58× 29 B
2020
2.23× 119 F
2021
1.52× 70 D
2022 P
1.12× 69 C
2023 P
0.60× 38 B
2024 P
0.91× 45 C

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 MPG24
City / Highway21 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,300

Recalls

52 campaigns on record.

Treat that as a minimum. NHTSA's lookup does not answer to this model's published name, so its campaigns are collected one trim at a time and the list may be short of the full count.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
21V058000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2017–2021 1,292,258
22V955000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP:CONTROL/DRIVE MODULE 2016–2020 348,183
21V354000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2021 343,191
22V365000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2020–2022 242,722
22V680000 STRUCTURE:BODY 2021, 2022 161,000
23V445000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2021, 2022 143,551
24V207000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2021–2024 116,020
23V880000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2022–2024 79,676

+ 44 further campaigns

Recall work is free at any franchised dealer, whoever owns the car and however old it is. Check a specific car’s VIN on NHTSA’s register before you buy — an unrepaired campaign is among the most commonly missed items on a used vehicle.

Others in Midsize 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
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

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 2020 GLE
Complaints in window
119
Severity-weighted
191
Model median (weighted)
85
vs model median
2.23×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
14
Open investigations
0
Score 29.2 F