Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500
Owners filed 443 complaints across 18 model years of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500. The 2020 drew the most (80).
Which Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 years should you avoid?
No Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 43), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Too new | 4 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2023 | 19 | 7 | 1 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 40 | 7 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 45 | 18 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 68 | 42 | 4 | 8 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2018 | 14 | 9 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2017 | 13 | 7 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2016 | 28 | 15 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2015 | 23 | 14 | — | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2014 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2013 | 21 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 8 | 2 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2011 | 14 | 4 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 14 | 6 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.