Mercedes-Benz M Class by model year

115 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercedes-Benz M Class across 11 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1998	6
1999	28
2000	32
2001	9
2002	5
2003	12
2006	18
2007	3
2008	1
2009	1

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
2009	1		1
2008	1		2
2007	3		2
2006	18		2
2004			1
2003	12		3
2002	5		5
2001	9		4
2000	32	Brakes (25%)	5
1999	28	Steering (21%)	4
1998	6		4