Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class: which model years to avoid

Name: Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class complaints by model year
Creator: Defect Atlas

Complaint and recall totals for every Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class model year we track, ranked by severity.

Model year	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Severity	Most-reported system
2020	56	2	1	67.9 Medium	STRUCTURE
2022	13	2	0	184.6 High	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2023	12	0	0	0.0 Low	ENGINE

Across 3 model years, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class carries the highest severity index (184.6, driven by unknown or other), while the 2023 is the cleanest at 0.0.

Source. NHTSA public complaint and recall APIs. Complaint counts are not normalised by units sold; a high-volume seller will attract more filings than a rare trim.