2015 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric problems
Owners have filed 46 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric. Drivetrain & axles is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. Next are fuel system (22%) and engine (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 2,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 30 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 2,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 2,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
This incident has happened twice since we got the car on 06/25/2015. First time, driving down a street at 35 MPH and the car will shift by itself into neutral. The car will not go back to drive and there is not power to the drive system. The only way to correct it is to coast to a stop and turn off the car and restart it to continue driving.
Thump! Complete loss of power on freeway. Random shift to neutral issue. Driving home from the purchasing the car on the 101 southbound in the fast lane going 65 MPH. Acceleration was suddenly lost. The power train malfunctioned and shifted itself into neutral. The gas pedal was unresponsive. Had to pull over at woodman exit on inertia alone. We had just purchased the car only 2 hours prior to this incident and put 30 miles on the odometer. No warning lights appeared.
While driving 35 MPH on timed light rush hour traffic road, car lost acceleration capability. Instrumentation panel displayed normally. Car did not respond to switch to sport mode in attempt to get more response. Did not stall completely but no acceleration possible. Normal after turned off and re-start.
3xs I have had the car stop working while driving. All three occasions while coming to a quick stop the car quit working. I had to come to a complete stop, put the car in park and restart the vehicle. I leased the car in july/august 2015, last incident was on 9/22.
Other model years of the B-Class Electric
- 2015
- 2014