10164810
Date: 2019-08-05. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, SUSPENSION.
Throttle lift-off clunking noises at drive shafts of front axle
2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK204 problems
NHTSA lists 4 complaints for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK204, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as MERCEDES BENZ GLK204.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 4
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 0
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- Investigations
- 0
- Open investigations
- 0
- Manufacturer communications
- 29
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 4 | 100.0% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags
These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| restraint or airbag | 3 | 75.0% | 0.91 |
| unclear | 1 | 25.0% | 0.99 |
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | 3 | 75.0% | 0.88 |
| low | 1 | 25.0% | 0.70 |
Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 4 tagged complaints of 4 complaints (100.0%).
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
29 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | 7 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 5 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 5 |
| EQUIPMENT | 5 |
| STEERING | 2 |
| VISIBILITY | 2 |
| AIR BAGS | 1 |
| BACK OVER PREVENTION | 1 |
10136062
Date: 2016-06-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STEERING.
Vehicle wanders to the left or right.
10135888
Date: 2015-06-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Facebook app cannot be opened
10135880
Date: 2015-06-19. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Engine diagnosis warning lamp lights up. The fault code (FC) P0101FA or P0101Fb or P0101FC is logged in the engine control unit.
10135867
Date: 2015-06-09. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Engine noises after engine start
10135857
Date: 2015-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Heating element of AdBlue tank has malfunction, fault code 20BE1B and/or 20BD1B logged in BlueTec control unit
10135824
Date: 2015-04-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: AIR BAGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Check Engine Light (CEL) on, DTC fault code(s) concerning throttle valve actuator
10135598
Date: 2015-03-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE.
Engine diagnosis warning lamp lights up in instrument cluster, fault code U145400: "Implausible data were received from the ethanol sensor"
10135629
Date: 2014-10-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
Drive Kit Plus: Digital DriveStyle app does not launch automatically
10136042
Date: 2014-06-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: BACK OVER PREVENTION, STEERING.
Creaking noise when adjusting electrical steering column
Notes on this record
- Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
- System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
- Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
- A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| GLK204 | 4 |
Same model, other years
- 2011 GLK204: 1 complaints
- 2012 GLK204 (current year): 4 complaints
- 2013 GLK204: 0 complaints
- 2014 GLK204: 1 complaints
- 2015 GLK204: 0 complaints
Other Mercedes-Benz models, 2012
Sources
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