2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4MATIC Forward collision avoidance Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 11%of 19 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4MATIC, 11% of the 19 complaints for this model year.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The car went from 20 miles an hour and 35 miles an hour (happened 2 times) to a sudden hault like hitting a wall. The first time I had to restart the car. The second car, I had to return it to drive. A big X came up on the dashboard. I have owned the car 17 months. Both issues happened in the last 30 days. Nothing beefore. The car has 4415 miles on it. The dealer (Fletcher Jones) was unable to replicate). There was no warning. They told us it was our problem and we could report it to Mercedes Benz which we will do today.”
NHTSA complaint #11759874, filed 2026-08“On four separate occasions between April 2026 and today the Active Brake Assist systems has engaged for no reason. This has occurred in daylight as well as at night. It has occurred at low speeds (15 mph) and at highway speeds. On two occasions there was a near collision from the car behind me due to the rapid engagement of the brakes. On one occasion I suffered bruises to my arm due to the force of braking. Multiple trips to dealer (EuroMotor Cars Bethesda) found no error codes and they were unable to replicate the issue in test drives. …”
NHTSA complaint #11774367, filed 2026-10Related service bulletins
- 11019782Jun 28, 2025Mercedes-Benz AG, the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, has updated driver assistance system SCN coding available for certain subject vehicles. The updated SCN coding…
- 11018204May 2, 2025Complaint Hand detection system not operating correctly / vehicles with code 266 Fault message in instrument cluster: "Active Emergency Stop Assist not available" "Active Lane…
- 11013996Feb 3, 2025Complaint Hand detection system not operating correctly / vehicles with code 266 Fault message in instrument cluster: "Active Emergency Stop Assist not available" "Active Lane…
Forward collision avoidance: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 11% |
Other parts of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4MATIC
8 complaintsEngine
3 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsOther or unknown
2 complaintsVehicle speed control
2 complaintsLane departure
1 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaintsSuspension
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4MATIC
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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