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2014 Mercedes-Benz GL350 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 5, 2023
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 24, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL350. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

EnginePowertrain (other)
Filed Jul 5, 2023

The contact owns a 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL350. The contact stated that while inspecting the vehicle, there was oil leaking underneath the vehicle. Additionally, the check engine warning light was illuminated while operating the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the oil cooler seals were faulty and needed to be replaced. The seals were replaced, and the vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was later taken to the local dealer for transmission failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.

NHTSA ID
11530486
Incident
Nov 5, 2022
Mileage
140,000 mi
Filed Jun 18, 2023

Water has accumulated into the spare wheel well twice causing my ad blue module to be submerged in water, making the system faulty, which then disables the car for use. I have a vehicle that can not start and a repair bill of over 20,000 due to the water accumulation issue. There is a separate recall on other models for this exact problem. This model needs to be included as well.

NHTSA ID
11527566
Incident
May 26, 2023
Body & structure
Filed Jun 23, 2020

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN ON I-27 FROM AMARILLO TO LUBBOCK AT 70 MILES PER HOUR ON 6/22/2020 IN PLEASANT WEATHER AND NO VEHICLES EITHER IN FRONT OF ME OR BESIDE ME, THE MIDDLE PANEL OF THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITH THE GLASS SHATTERING INTO PIECES AND SOME OF THE PIECES DROPPING INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN. THERE WAS NO ROCK STRIKE, HAIL, NOR WAS I TRAVELING THROUGH ANY CONSTRUCTION ZONE. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 76 F. *TR

NHTSA ID
11330419
Incident
Jun 22, 2020
Mileage
22,000 mi
Filed Dec 18, 2018

THE LANE-KEEPING ASSIST ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WORKS. ON OCCASION IT WILL ALERT AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT EVEN ON SUNNY DAYS WITH CLEARLY DEMARCATED LANES, IT OFTEN DOES NOTHING. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND HAVE SAID THE MERCEDES SERVICE HAS UNOFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS A BATCH OF VIN NUMBERS WHICH HAVE FAULTY SENSORS. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES AND MERCEDES NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO RECTIFY THIS IN ORDER TO KEEP ITS CUSTOMERS SAFE.

NHTSA ID
11162257
Incident
Dec 17, 2018
Mileage
106,000 mi
Engine
Filed Jun 20, 2018

HAVE A MERCEDES GL 350 WITH ONLY 63000 MILES, HAS MADE A SMALL RATTLE SOUND WHEN FIRST PURCHASED THAT I RELATED TO BEING DIESEL, RATTLE HAS GOTTEN WORSE, TOOK IN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED TIMING CHAIN, I CALLED MY MERCEDES LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE SPOKE WITH AUTO TECHNICIAN WHO "LAUGHED" WHEN HE HAD TOLD HIM MY CONCERN FOR THE TIMING CHAIN AS THE TECH SAID THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL VEHICLES ARE VERY HIGH IN MILES LIKE 200000. THEY EXAMINED MY VEHICLE AND THEN STATED IN FACT IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND QUOTED ME 75000. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHERS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE GL 350 2014 SPECIFICALLY NEEDING TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT WHEN UNDER LOW MILES. CAR RATTLES WHEN STARTED, WORSE WHEN COLD, CONFIRMED TIMING CHAIN BY LOCAL MERCEDES DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ID
11102791
Incident
Jun 19, 2018
Mileage
60,000 mi
Steering
Filed Sep 24, 2014

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE CAR WAS PARKED , DROVE CAR WITHOUT POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 9 MILES TO GET TO SAFE PLACE. AFTER CAR WAS RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES STEERING STARTED TO WORK FINE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR CHECK OF PROBLEM BUT THEY COULDN'T TO GET IT TO FAIL AGAIN. TO RESOLVE PROBLEM MERCEDES IS REPLACING THE POWER STEERING UNIT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10638770
Incident
Sep 9, 2014
Mileage
16,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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