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Mercedes-Benz CLA250 years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2014. Best years: 2017.
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 draws the most owner complaints for its age: 147, or 11 for each year on the road, against a median of 6 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2014 is stalling (25 reports).
- 147complaints
- 6recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 21, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
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Owner complaints on file for each year.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2014 has the most complaints of any Mercedes-Benz CLA250 year here: 147 of 147 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Stalling is the top problem in every model year with a page, 25 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 20 owners who gave a mileage for stalling were under about 25,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 7% of Mercedes-Benz CLA250 complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report stalling has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Filings jumped in 2015, with 44 complaints, 2.0 times the next busiest year. So far in 2026, 5 more have come in. Filings on record start in 2015.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2015 (61), 2016 (66), 2017 (27).
Year by year
2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 avoid
147 owner complaints, 11 for each year on the road (2.0 times the model median). Most reported: stalling (25 reports, median 25,000 miles), traction control light (15 reports, median 20,000 miles) and misfire (12 reports). 5 reports involved a crash and 6 people were hurt. 6 recalls, including 23V-854 on the structure and 21V-197 on the structure.
Questions
What Mercedes-Benz CLA250 years should you avoid?
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 draws the most owner complaints for its age: 147, or 11 for each year on the road, against a median of 6 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2014 is stalling (25 reports).
What are the best years for the Mercedes-Benz CLA250?
The 2017 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 27, or 3 for each year on the road. Model years before 2016 aren't called best, because complaints filed before 2015 aren't in the files this site reads and their counts run short.
What is the most common problem on the Mercedes-Benz CLA250?
Stalling, with 25 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2014.
How many recalls does the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 have?
6 recall campaigns cover the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 model years 2014 on this site.
How many Mercedes-Benz CLA250 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
7% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for stalling on the Mercedes-Benz CLA250?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.