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Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 problems by year
- 133complaints
- 12recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Aug 21, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
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 2016 has the most complaints of any Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 year here: 133 of 133 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Brake wear is the top problem in every model year with a page, 27 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 21 owners who gave a mileage for brake wear were under about 6,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 8% of Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 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 brake wear has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2017 at 27 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 5. So far in 2026, 3 more have come in.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2017 (98).
Year by year
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300
133 owner complaints, 12 for each year on the road (1.1 times the model median). Most reported: brake wear (27 reports, median 6,000 miles), misfire (20 reports, median 32,400 miles) and airbag (12 reports). 9 reports involved a crash and 5 people were hurt. 12 recalls, including 23V-854 on the structure and 21V-197 on the structure.
Questions
What is the most common problem on the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300?
Brake wear, with 27 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2016.
How many recalls does the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 have?
12 recall campaigns cover the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 model years 2016 on this site.
How many Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
8% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for brake wear on the Mercedes-Benz GLC 300?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.