2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 3%of 91 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the air bags of the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350, 3% of the 91 complaints for this model year. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
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.
“1. Took the vehicle for leather cracking on both driver and passenger seats, MB of Bloomfield reached out to MB hotline in US and Germany, after week of trying to install the passenger seat new sensing sensor, kept getting failure message. They released the vehicle to me without tell me that the passenger air bag not functioning. they made me drive the vehicle for a week w/o air bag functioning. I found out where every time I start the engine kept getting msg of inoperative air bag. …”
NHTSA complaint #11475894, filed 2022-07“My 2020 GLE350 met with an accident on 1/20/2023. My wife was driving this vehicle on the freeway at about 40-50mph and she rear ended a Toyota Camry that was ahead of her. Mt complaint is two fold - The airbags did not deploy - The Active Brake Assist system failed to work The collision is a major one. You can see from the pictures. The body shop, an approved vendor for my insurance Geico, has prepared an estimate for $25,487. My vehicle has been in the body shop since the day of the accident. On 1/27/23, the estimate was prepared. …”
NHTSA complaint #11504347, filed 2023-01Related recalls
- 20V226000Apr 22, 2020Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE 350 and GLE 450 vehicles equipped with an electrically adjustable second-row seat. The wiring…Covers: Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 2020, GLE 450 2020
- 19V458000Jun 14, 2019Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE350 4Matic and GLE450 4Matic vehicles. In the event of a crash while the temperature in the…Covers: Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 2020, GLE 450 2020
Air bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350
33 complaintsElectrical system
22 complaintsOther or unknown
13 complaintsFuel system
7 complaintsBrakes
6 complaintsForward collision avoidance
6 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
6 complaintsLane departure
5 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaintsBody and structure
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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