AutoUtility currently tracks 28 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris. Wheels & Tires issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 19 complaints (67.9% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 28 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Wheels & Tires (19 reports • 67.9% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4), Steering System (3)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 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
28
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris

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

#1 Problem Area 67.9% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

19 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 10.7% of complaints

Steering System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 7.1% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 7.1% of complaints

Electrical System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 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 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris

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

Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11700884
Filed: 11/21/2025

"See attached document for complaint. I wanted to express my displeasure with the manner in which the above reference recall was conducted. The timeline left many owners with expensive replacement bills for new tires to replace inadequate tires that were installed as OEM on our vans. The message..."

Incident Date: 11/05/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11626794
Filed: 11/22/2024

"The contact owns a 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V482000 (TIRES); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The..."

Incident Date: 11/05/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11623896
Filed: 11/06/2024

"The contact owns a 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V482000 (TIRES); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The..."

Incident Date: 10/15/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11617174
Filed: 09/30/2024

"The contact owns a 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris. The contact stated the vehicle had displayed that there were failures with several safety features. The instrument panel had failed to display any information regarding any safety features. The vehicle had been taken to the dealer who had diagnosed that..."

Incident Date: 02/29/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11614205
Filed: 09/12/2024

"The check engine light came on, with code P052E indicating a positive crankcase ventilation valve failure. Dealer inspection revealed the PCV valve is sticking and recommended a replacement with a $2100 charge. This is a widely experienced problem with this engine in many Mercedes vehicles,..."

Incident Date: 09/03/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: 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 Metris

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2016–2023)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2016 Mercedes-Benz Metris 126 0 13 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Mercedes-Benz Metris 29 0 14 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris Current Page 28 0 10 Current
2019 Mercedes-Benz Metris 0 0 12 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Mercedes-Benz Metris 0 0 8 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mercedes-Benz Metris 0 0 7 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mercedes-Benz Metris 0 0 5 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Mercedes-Benz Metris 2 1 4 View 2023 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 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 14 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 12 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 3 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
TIRES,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,WHEELS,ENGINE 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 (28). 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.

Related Official Reports for 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

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.