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2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450E 4MATIC Electrical system Problems

Complaints
4about this part
Share
29%of 14 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 4 complaints about the electrical system of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450E 4MATIC, 29% of the 14 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.

“EZS module and PTCU module failed and caused check engine light. Dealer was unable to read trouble codes and could only reset it. They replaced the modules. This is a safety issue for me and the dealer said I could only sell the car back, they refused to refund my full purchase of the vehicle. I lost about $14k just for owning this vehicle for 2 weeks.”

NHTSA complaint #11644917, filed 2025-02

“This has happened twice. They “fixed” it and returned it to me and it did it again. I was about to pull out into traffic, once on the interstate and another time on a 2 lane highway… right as I hit the gas to pull out the car lurches forward and dies. Comes to a complete stop. It won’t crank back up, it won’t go into neutral or drive or reverse. The electoral system goes crazy and all lights start going off. One car had to go in the median to avoid colliding with me. I’m waiting on a police report but this was so scary I’m terrified to drive my car. …”

NHTSA complaint #11718847, filed 2026-02

“GLE 450e Plug In-Hybrid. Car went into ‘Turtle Mode’ on Saturday March 8th for no known reason. Turtle Light and Check Engine warning lights came on and there was a warning message “Significant Reduction in Power”. My understanding this is a vehicle initiated precaution when something triggers the vehicle to go into reduced power mode. This all happened after the car had been driven on the highway for about 2.5 hours. It was running in gas engine mode since the battery power had been off for 1.5hrs. It was also about 30F in VT that day. The turtle mode came on as soon as we exited the highway. …”

NHTSA complaint #11647506, filed 2025-03

“Vehicle goes into Turtle mode with the error that says Performance Extremely Limited. It happens without any warning and has already happened 3 times right now. Last night (December 8th, 2024) it happened as my wife was merging into the freeway. All of a sudden, the power got cut out almost completely. The Check engine light turned on, the Turtle symbol came ON and the message Performance Extremely Limited came on. She was lucky there was no traffic, but this could happen where there is traffic at speed coming and they can easily rear end our vehicle. This condition can't be safe. …”

NHTSA complaint #11629705, filed 2024-12

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025429%

Other parts of the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450E 4MATIC

Engine
5 complaintsFuel system
3 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
3 complaintsForward collision avoidance
2 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsHybrid propulsion system
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaintsSuspension
1 complaintsVehicle speed control
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450E 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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