Recall Register

Mercedes-Benz GLC300: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the Mercedes-Benz GLC300, model years 2016 to 2017. NHTSA has 231 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 2 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 201612
  2. 201712
Mercedes-Benz GLC300: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC300129885%2,270,136
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC30012133115%2,273,170

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

306 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Mercedes-Benz GLC300: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine245.175
Unknown or Other107.833
Fuel/Propulsion System101.331
Service Brakes101.331
Electrical System8526
Air Bags71.922
Power Train42.513
Seat Belts42.513
Steering35.911
Visibility26.18

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mercedes-Benz GLC300, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2017, with 7 campaigns.
Complaints about the Mercedes-Benz GLC300, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2022, with 43 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mercedes-Benz GLC300: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/glc300/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Mercedes-Benz GLC300 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2017 with 12, 2016 with 12. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mercedes-Benz GLC300 model year has the most complaints?
The 2016 model year, with 133 of the 231 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes-Benz GLC300 name?
Engine: 245.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Unknown or Other: 107.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel/Propulsion System: 101.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Mercedes-Benz GLC300?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.