The 2025 Mercedes-Benz Gle 350 4matic has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 82 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the back over prevention. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
SEAT BELTS25V8640002025-12-1282 affected
Defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2025-2026 GLE 350 4MATIC vehicles. The center rear seat belts may have been installed without the child seat protection function and fail to lock a child restraint properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety…
Consequence
In the event of a crash, an insufficiently restrained child has an increased risk of injury.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the center rear seat belt assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 6, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning December 19, 2025.…
Complaints by component
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
1
ENGINE
1
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
1
POWER TRAIN
1
SEAT BELTS
1
SERVICE BRAKES
1
STRUCTURE:BODY
1
2injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
WHEELS
1
Total complaints9
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“I purchased my mercedes-benz new, and it currently has only 1,800 miles on it. My wife primarily drives the car, and we have experienced several alarming incidents where the vehicle suddenly shuts down while driving. 1.about two weeks after we purchased the car, it stalled at a stop sign. At the…”
“I purchased my mercedes-benz new, and it currently has only 1,800 miles on it. My wife primarily drives the car, and we have experienced several alarming incidents where the vehicle suddenly shuts down while driving. 1.about two weeks after we purchased the car, it stalled at a stop sign. At the…”
“I am reporting a serious safety concern involving the cooper discoverer stronghold at tires currently mounted on my 2025 mercedes‑benz gle 350 (vin [xxx]), of which I am the first owner. I purchased this vehicle new from a mercedes dealer. Upon beginning to drive the vehicle, I immediately…”
“The contact owns a 2025 mercedes-benz gle350 4matic. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and coming to a stop, the contact heard a loud sound coming from the rear end of vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the…”
“When driving on a quiet, straight road with no other cars anywhere nearby the vehicle suddenly slammed on the brakes until the car came to a complete stop. The seat belt pre-tensioners also activated and there were loud audible warning beeping and red "radar" images on the dashboard. My safety was…”
“When driving on a quiet, straight road with no other cars anywhere nearby the vehicle suddenly slammed on the brakes until the car came to a complete stop. The seat belt pre-tensioners also activated and there were loud audible warning beeping and red "radar" images on the dashboard. My safety was…”
“When driving on a quiet, straight road with no other cars anywhere nearby the vehicle suddenly slammed on the brakes until the car came to a complete stop. The seat belt pre-tensioners also activated and there were loud audible warning beeping and red "radar" images on the dashboard. My safety was…”
“On [xxx] we were driving our 2025 gle350 fourmatic west on [xxx] between [xxx] and [xxx] @ 7:30 pm, driving at 70 mph in the right lane the panoramic sunroof exploded into shards of glass and rained down on the driver and passenger, it sounded like a gun went off as the front moveable roof panel…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2025 Mercedes-Benz Gle 350 4matic as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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