Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 29 owner complaints and 55 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints29Top: Engine Safety recalls552015–2024 model years

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

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz 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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2024Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls 2023Not rated–/1002 complaints · 6 recalls 2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 7 recalls 2021Not rated–/1009 complaints · 17 recalls 2020Not rated–/1005 complaints · 22 recalls 2019Not rated–/1008 complaints · 38 recalls 2018Not rated–/1002 complaints · 7 recalls 2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2016Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2015Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500 problems

All model years combined: 29 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

5Engine1 crash/fire/injury

4Vehicle speed control

4Forward collision avoidance1 crash/fire/injury

4Power train1 crash/fire/injury

3Electrical system1 crash/fire/injury

3Service brakes1 crash/fire/injury

3Steering

2Electronic stability control (ESC)

1Child seat

44 other systems

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

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	5	1
Vehicle speed control	4	0
Forward collision avoidance	4	1
Power train	4	1
Electrical system	3	1
Service brakes	3	1
Steering	3	0
Electronic stability control (ESC)	2	0
Child seat	1	0
4 other systems	4	0

55 recalls

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 1500 recalls

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

Parking brake25V-135 · 2024 · Feb 28, 2025 · 88 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel24V-930 · 2019–2022 · Dec 13, 2024 · 697 vehicles Leaf spring assembly: u-bolt, leaf spring to axle24V-517 · 2023–2024 · Jul 9, 2024 · 1,232 vehicles Electrical system: wiring24V-225 · 2023 · Mar 24, 2024 · 99 vehicles Electrical system: wiring24V-166 · 2023 · Mar 1, 2024 · 828 vehicles Structure: body23V-874 · 2020 · Dec 21, 2023 · 9 vehicles Structure: critical fasteners23V-876 · 2019–2023 · Dec 21, 2023 · 387 vehicles Structure: critical fasteners23V-875 · 2019–2021 · Dec 21, 2023 · 3,739 vehicles Suspension: front23V-849 · 2023 · Dec 15, 2023 · 33 vehicles Structure: body23V-806 · 2021–2023 · Dec 1, 2023 · 131 vehicles Delivery: fuel pump23V-444 · 2021–2022 · Jun 26, 2023 · 20,500 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel23V-204 · 2019–2022 · Mar 24, 2023 · 6,857 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 55 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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