Sprinter 2500
Owners filed 11 complaints across 8 model years of the Sprinter 2500. The 2006 drew the most (4); the 2011 the fewest (0).
Model years8
Complaints11
Recalls21
Fires0
Deaths0
Every Sprinter 2500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module | Routine | |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Crankcase (pcv) | Routine | |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags › On-off Switch Assembly | Routine | |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Which Sprinter 2500 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2006 is the weakest year on record, with 4 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › emission control › crankcase (pcv). It carries 5 recalls.
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.