AutoUtility currently tracks 13 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 6 complaints (46.2% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 2 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 13 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (6 reports • 46.2% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (2), Suspension (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 2 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
13
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
2
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 46.2% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#2 Problem Area 15.4% of complaints

Electrical System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#3 Problem Area 15.4% of complaints

Suspension

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 7.7% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 7.7% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11727263
Filed: 03/26/2026

"When driving on the highway going 65mph the car slipped in neutral and error showed on dashboard "transmission malfunction stop." I could steer and break, but not accelerate. Pulling over on side of highway, I was able to put in park and then drive. I pulled off the exit and the car did the same..."

Incident Date: 03/16/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11681871
Filed: 08/20/2025

"My fuel injection has been replaced 2 times in 3 years. Was advised that it could cause damages to other parts"

Incident Date: 08/07/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11680547
Filed: 08/14/2025

"Brake over heats because of rust caused by rain which builds up causing brakes to freeze up. Explanation from dealer. In fact told us we need to dry brakes off if we drive in rain and park in garage for more than 2 days or we will have it happen again. Brakes freeze and car locked up and can’t move..."

Incident Date: 08/14/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11668913
Filed: 06/24/2025

"Despite maintaining the vehicle according to the recommended schedule, I have encountered ongoing performance issues (electrical, rear shocks, fan motor etc.) that are not in line with the standard of quality I expect from a brand of your reputation. Window not going down all the way on the driver..."

Incident Date: 09/20/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11607732
Crash Cited Filed: 08/10/2024

"this car really has a lot of issues and honestly if I didn’t know what to do last night and didn’t know about cars, it could have seriously cost me my life but luckily I was able to move out the way of a truck that was coming fast behind me while I was at a traffic light and when the light turned..."

Incident Date: 08/09/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Mercedes-Benz GLB

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2020–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB 57 2 20 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mercedes-Benz GLB 7 0 12 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB Current Page 13 2 1 Current
2023 Mercedes-Benz GLB 12 0 1 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Mercedes-Benz GLB 0 0 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Mercedes-Benz GLB 0 0 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Mercedes-Benz GLB 1 0 1 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLB

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 12 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 1 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 1 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 1 0 1 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (13). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.