https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercedes-Benz GLE 450e 4matic. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:58:43 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2178111 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT This has happened twice. They “fixed” it and returned it to me and it did it again. I was about to pull out into traffic, once on the interstate and another time on a 2 lane highway… right as I hit the gas to pull out the car lurches forward and dies. Comes to a complete stop. It won’t crank back up, it won’t go into neutral or drive or reverse. The electoral system goes crazy and all lights st https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2178112 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT This has happened twice. They “fixed” it and returned it to me and it did it again. I was about to pull out into traffic, once on the interstate and another time on a 2 lane highway… right as I hit the gas to pull out the car lurches forward and dies. Comes to a complete stop. It won’t crank back up, it won’t go into neutral or drive or reverse. The electoral system goes crazy and all lights st https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2178113 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT This has happened twice. They “fixed” it and returned it to me and it did it again. I was about to pull out into traffic, once on the interstate and another time on a 2 lane highway… right as I hit the gas to pull out the car lurches forward and dies. Comes to a complete stop. It won’t crank back up, it won’t go into neutral or drive or reverse. The electoral system goes crazy and all lights st https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#recall-25V325000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic-2025 Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2024 GLE 350 4MATIC, 2025 GLE 450e 4MATIC, GLE 450 4MATIC Coupe, GLE 450 4MATIC, GLS 450 4MATIC, Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC, AMG GLE 53 4MATIC, AMG GLE 53 4MATIC Coupe, AMG GLE 63 S 4MATIC Coupe, and AMG GLS 63 4MATIC vehicles. The multi-purpose camera and the rearview mirror may be insufficiently attached to the windshield and may detach. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2094498 Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450E 4Matic. The contact stated that while driving on the right shoulder of a two-lane road at 30 MPH, the vehicle's front passenger-side wheel went off the road into a drop-off by a few inches. The contact attempted to overcorrect, and in the process, the vehicle flipped and rolled over five times before coming to a stop. The air bags did not deploy. The https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2088262 Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT While using adaptive cruise control, the car automatically applies brake in full force eventhough there is no object in front of the car. Almost cause couple accidents where there are cars behind me. This happened multiple times in one trip (500 miles trip) https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2086237 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT When accelerating in hybrid mode, the vehicle loses power and forcefully reduces speed. A "Performance extremely limited" message appears on the driver console. Sometimes it goes into "turtle" mode, limiting performance until the car it is turned off. Sometimes the "check engine" light comes on, with or without the "turtle" light. This is a safety issue when you are trying to accelerate onto https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2086238 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT When accelerating in hybrid mode, the vehicle loses power and forcefully reduces speed. A "Performance extremely limited" message appears on the driver console. Sometimes it goes into "turtle" mode, limiting performance until the car it is turned off. Sometimes the "check engine" light comes on, with or without the "turtle" light. This is a safety issue when you are trying to accelerate onto https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2086239 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT When accelerating in hybrid mode, the vehicle loses power and forcefully reduces speed. A "Performance extremely limited" message appears on the driver console. Sometimes it goes into "turtle" mode, limiting performance until the car it is turned off. Sometimes the "check engine" light comes on, with or without the "turtle" light. This is a safety issue when you are trying to accelerate onto https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2085520 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The vehicle loses power while driving and flashes "Performance Extremely Limited." We have had this happen in intersections and while getting on the highway almost causing an accident on more than one occasion. When this occurs the vehicle decelerates quickly, will not use the batter and basic functions like the air conditioning stop working. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2085521 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The vehicle loses power while driving and flashes "Performance Extremely Limited." We have had this happen in intersections and while getting on the highway almost causing an accident on more than one occasion. When this occurs the vehicle decelerates quickly, will not use the batter and basic functions like the air conditioning stop working. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2085522 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The vehicle loses power while driving and flashes "Performance Extremely Limited." We have had this happen in intersections and while getting on the highway almost causing an accident on more than one occasion. When this occurs the vehicle decelerates quickly, will not use the batter and basic functions like the air conditioning stop working. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2082428 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT Coolant hose was rubbing on the drive shaft and at 4,931 miles the coolant hose failed and the vehicle lost all coolant from the system. Fortunately the hose failed after the car was driven into our garage and not on the open highway. We had just returned from a 1,000 mile trip to Nashville, TN from Winston-Salem, NC. This is a PHEV and the coolant also effects the temperature of the EV bat https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2072736 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT GLE 450e Plug In-Hybrid. Car went into ‘Turtle Mode’ on Saturday March 8th for no known reason. Turtle Light and Check Engine warning lights came on and there was a warning message “Significant Reduction in Power”. My understanding this is a vehicle initiated precaution when something triggers the vehicle to go into reduced power mode. This all happened after the car had been driven on the highway https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2072737 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT GLE 450e Plug In-Hybrid. Car went into ‘Turtle Mode’ on Saturday March 8th for no known reason. Turtle Light and Check Engine warning lights came on and there was a warning message “Significant Reduction in Power”. My understanding this is a vehicle initiated precaution when something triggers the vehicle to go into reduced power mode. This all happened after the car had been driven on the highway https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2072738 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT GLE 450e Plug In-Hybrid. Car went into ‘Turtle Mode’ on Saturday March 8th for no known reason. Turtle Light and Check Engine warning lights came on and there was a warning message “Significant Reduction in Power”. My understanding this is a vehicle initiated precaution when something triggers the vehicle to go into reduced power mode. This all happened after the car had been driven on the highway https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2068958 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT EZS module and PTCU module failed and caused check engine light. Dealer was unable to read trouble codes and could only reset it. They replaced the modules. This is a safety issue for me and the dealer said I could only sell the car back, they refused to refund my full purchase of the vehicle. I lost about $14k just for owning this vehicle for 2 weeks. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2064256 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE450E 4Matic. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message "Fault Detected - Please Pull-Over", was displayed before the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart. The blank warning light was illuminated. The hybrid battery warning light w https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2046709 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle goes into Turtle mode with the error that says Performance Extremely Limited. It happens without any warning and has already happened 3 times right now. Last night (December 8th, 2024) it happened as my wife was merging into the freeway. All of a sudden, the power got cut out almost completely. The Check engine light turned on, the Turtle symbol came ON and the message Performance Extreme https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2046710 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle goes into Turtle mode with the error that says Performance Extremely Limited. It happens without any warning and has already happened 3 times right now. Last night (December 8th, 2024) it happened as my wife was merging into the freeway. All of a sudden, the power got cut out almost completely. The Check engine light turned on, the Turtle symbol came ON and the message Performance Extreme https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2046711 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Vehicle goes into Turtle mode with the error that says Performance Extremely Limited. It happens without any warning and has already happened 3 times right now. Last night (December 8th, 2024) it happened as my wife was merging into the freeway. All of a sudden, the power got cut out almost completely. The Check engine light turned on, the Turtle symbol came ON and the message Performance Extreme https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-gle-450e-4matic#complaint-2034628 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT I suspect in an attempt to deal with an earlier recall: [XXX] That Mercedes has introduced a new issue. This issue has to do with the vehicle software calling for the camera system to calibrate itself each time it is driven. The issue arises from the fact that the parameters needed to calibrate the camera system are not met as part of a normal driving pattern. The vehicle needs to be driven