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Mercedes-Benz lane departure problems

Across all Mercedes-Benz models in NHTSA's complaint database, 165 complaints involve lane departure. The Sprinter 2500 accounts for the largest share (13%). The single worst model year is the 2020 Sprinter 2500 with 8 lane departure complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
165 about lane departure, all Mercedes-Benz models
Most affected
Sprinter 2500 13% of these complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Mercedes-Benz models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sprinter 25002213%
GLE 3501610%
ML350149%
GLC 300138%
C300106%
GLA 25085%
E35074%
Eqs 450+53%
CLA25042%
GLS 45042%

Worst model years for lane departure

  1. 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 25008 complaints
  2. 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 3007 complaints
  3. 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE 3507 complaints
  4. 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 25007 complaints
  5. 2014 Mercedes-Benz ML3506 complaints

Lane departure complaints by model year

Mercedes-Benz lane departure complaints by model year 0 13 25 2002: 1 '02 2010: 2 2011: 1 '11 2012: 8 2013: 4 '13 2014: 14 2015: 10 '15 2016: 10 2017: 3 '17 2018: 6 2019: 9 '19 2020: 22 2021: 22 '21 2022: 23 2023: 17 '23 2024: 8 2025: 5 '25
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
20021
20102
20111
20128
20134
201414
201510
201610
20173
20186
20199
202022
202122
202223
202317
20248
20255

Among the 25 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.