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2021 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 engine problems

23 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350, which is 33% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
23 33% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

I can be driving on a flat surface with out the car been on eco mode and the car shuts off for no reason without and light on the dash board I have to wait a few secs to restart the car ,brakes don't stop like they should very loud grinding noise and comes. I have report this problem lots of times and my car was not fix it stay more in the shop then with me the car senc don't work the light up red like if someones next to me

June 2022 CrashInjury

We bought our vehicle -2021 mercedes-benz gle 350 - on january 12th and three days later we noticed that half of the mbux dual screen was black and inoperable. The car was in service 10 days. Today, 02,1, 2021 the car stop, the engine and lights, control, on highway!!!??? I call police to protect me. Mercedes dead. No hazard lights. I stay in dangerous traffic one hour for mercedes road assistance. I call from my cel phone, no energy in the car?! After one hour the lights of car start??!!!

Reported at 1,000 miles, February 2021

Engine problems in other years

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  • 2016

Engine problems across all Mercedes-Benz models