Reliability & cost of ownership
Mercedes Benz GLA 250 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Mercedes Benz GLA 250? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Mercedes Benz GLA 250 problems by model year
62 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 12 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 GLA 250 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 GLA 250 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2024 GLA 250 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2023 GLA 250 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2022 GLA 250 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2021 GLA 250 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 GLA 250 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 GLA 250 | 11 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2018 GLA 250 | 12 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2017 GLA 250 | 9 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2016 GLA 250 | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2015 GLA 250 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |