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Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class

Every model year 2016–2020: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

5 Model years 2016–2020
8 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
8 Complaints owner reports, all years
B Newest grade 2020 Safety Signal
2016 Best on record cleanest filed year
Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class · Photo: Jakub "Flyz1" Maciejewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2020GasB22—27 mpg
2019GasB21—27 mpg
2018GasA11—27 mpg
2017GasB24—27 mpg
2016GasA10—27 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2016

On the filed record so far, the 2016 is the cleanest SLC-Class year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2016A0.10
2018A0.10
2017B0.20
2019B0.30
2020B0.30
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Common questions about the Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2016 SLC-Class comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (92/100), 1 recall and 0 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class years should I avoid?

No SLC-Class model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class have?

Across model years 2016–2020, NHTSA has posted 8 recall campaigns for the Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.