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2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 — Complaint #2123138

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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT filed August 22, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2123138 (ODI reference 11682440) concerns a 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 and was filed on August 22, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 22, 2025. The vehicle had 180,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:srs malfunction warning lamp/light, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 cohort independently describe similar air bags:srs malfunction warning lamp/light failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250
Component
AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT
State
California
Mileage
180,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA250. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the SRS warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the steering control module. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2123138
ODI Number 11682440
Date Filed August 22, 2025
Failure Date August 22, 2025
VIN WDCTG4GB5FJ

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.