Freightliner Sprinter 1500Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 1 owner complaint and 39 safety recalls on record for the Freightliner Sprinter 1500.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints1Top: Visibility Safety recalls392015–2023 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Freightliner Sprinter 1500 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Sprinter 1500 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2023Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 12 recalls 2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 17 recalls 2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 34 recalls 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls 2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2016Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2015Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Freightliner Sprinter 1500 problems

All model years combined: 1 complaint grouped by the system owners reported.

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Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
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39 recalls

Freightliner Sprinter 1500 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Structure: critical fasteners23V-876 · 2019–2021 · Dec 21, 2023 · 387 vehicles Structure: critical fasteners23V-875 · 2019–2021 · Dec 21, 2023 · 3,739 vehicles Structure: body23V-874 · 2020 · Dec 21, 2023 · 9 vehicles Structure: body23V-806 · 2021 · Dec 1, 2023 · 131 vehicles Delivery: fuel pump23V-444 · 2021 · Jun 26, 2023 · 20,500 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel23V-204 · 2019–2021 · Mar 24, 2023 · 6,857 vehicles Internal: park pawl22V-796 · 2019–2022 · Oct 21, 2022 · 124,305 vehicles Communication: auto crash notification22V-360 · 2019–2021 · May 20, 2022 · 19,937 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-281 · 2019–2021 · Apr 27, 2022 · 12,086 vehicles Electrical system: software21V-972 · 2019–2020 · Dec 15, 2021 · 48,400 vehicles Foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings21V-933 · 2021 · Dec 1, 2021 · 98 vehicles Seat belts21V-513 · 2021 · Jul 7, 2021 · 1,514 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 39 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Sprinter 1500

Sep 17, 2021
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2016–2018 · still open
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