Freightliner Sprinter

Owners filed 16 complaints across 4 model years of the Freightliner Sprinter. The 2002 drew the most (8); the 2005 the fewest (2).

Model years4

Complaints16

Recalls2

Fires0

Deaths0

Every Freightliner Sprinter model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2007	4	2	—	—	Air Bags	Routine
2005	2	0	—	—	Steering	Routine
2004	2	0	—	—	Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System	Routine
2002	8	0	—	—	Parking Brake	Routine

Which Freightliner Sprinter years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2002 is the weakest year on record, with 8 complaints concentrated in the parking brake.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.