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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 11 owner complaints and 54 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints11Top: Forward collision avoidanceSafety recalls542015–2024 model years

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

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500 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 4500 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 6 recalls2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 16 recalls2020Not rated–/1001 complaint · 22 recalls2019Not rated–/1009 complaints · 38 recalls2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 7 recalls2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2016Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall2015Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500 problems

All model years combined: 11 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Forward collision avoidance40
Power train31
Electrical system30
Vehicle speed control20
Equipment20
Structure21
Steering10
Back over prevention10
Lane departure10
54 recalls

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4500 recalls

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

73%Parking brake25V-135 · 2024 · Feb 28, 2025 · 88 vehicles73%Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel24V-930 · 2019–2022 · Dec 13, 2024 · 697 vehicles77%Leaf spring assembly: u-bolt, leaf spring to axle24V-517 · 2023–2024 · Jul 9, 2024 · 1,232 vehicles79%Electrical system: wiring24V-225 · 2023 · Mar 24, 2024 · 99 vehicles86%Electrical system: wiring24V-166 · 2023 · Mar 1, 2024 · 828 vehicles55%Structure: critical fasteners23V-875 · 2019–2021 · Dec 21, 2023 · 3,739 vehicles47%Structure: critical fasteners23V-876 · 2019–2023 · Dec 21, 2023 · 387 vehicles33%Structure: body23V-874 · 2020 · Dec 21, 2023 · 9 vehicles61%Suspension: front23V-849 · 2023 · Dec 15, 2023 · 33 vehicles24%Structure: body23V-806 · 2021–2023 · Dec 1, 2023 · 131 vehicles74%Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel23V-204 · 2019–2022 · Mar 24, 2023 · 6,857 vehicles83%Air bags: side/window23V-101 · 2022 · Feb 17, 2023 · 350 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 54 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Sprinter 4500

  1. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2016–2018 · still open
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