FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

Owners have filed 595 complaints about the Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2025. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

95 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2024 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

17 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 4 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2024 A 17 0 1 Brakes
2023 B 27 0 1 Engine & Cooling
2022 F 64 5 0 6,800 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 D 82 4 0 11,600 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 D 134 5 1 3,400 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 F 95 14 6 15,000 Steering
2018 B 24 0 0 5,117 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2017 A 15 0 0 36,000 Steering
2016 C 42 0 1 25,000 Airbags
2015 9 0 0 49,000 Steering
2014 C 18 0 4 95,835 Airbags
2013 B 15 0 0 33,500 Airbags
2012 9 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2011 B 17 0 0 20,771 Airbags
2010 A 20 0 0 57,000 Airbags
2009 2 0 0 Electrical System
2007 1 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2019

Steering 46 7.7%

Worst in 2019

Brakes 46 7.7%

Worst in 2020

Airbags 44 7.4%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Fuel & Propulsion 24 4.0%

Worst in 2020

Body & Structure 17 2.9%

Worst in 2021

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 15 2.5%

Worst in 2019

Seat Belts 12 2.0%

Worst in 2016

Lights 9 1.5%

Worst in 2010

Exactly what failed on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 25 26.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 19 20.4%
Assist 14 15.1%
Body 12 12.9%
Warnings 11 11.8%
Blind Spot Detection 4 4.3%
Warning 2 2.2%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 2 2.2%
Recreational Vehicle/Trailer 2 2.2%
Alternator/Generator/Regulator 2 2.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2012 peak 17 Aug 2026

Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.