2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 — Complaint #2150380
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS filed November 20, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2150380 (ODI reference 11700522) concerns a 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 and was filed on November 20, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 20, 2023. The vehicle had 98,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:roof and pillars, 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 structure:body:roof and pillars 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.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA250. The contact stated that the roof panel had detached and was tilted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where an estimate for the repair was provided. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V197000 (Structure), but the dealer informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired due to the cost. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2150380 |
| ODI Number | 11700522 |
| Date Filed | November 20, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 20, 2023 |
| VIN | WDCTG4GB0FJ |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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