FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

Owners have filed 66 complaints about the Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500 with NHTSA across model years 2012 to 2015. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2014 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

25 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2013 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2500

19 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
2015 C 20 1 0 45,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 C 25 1 1 35,000 Airbags
2013 C 19 0 0 29,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 2 0 0 Lights

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.

Airbags 12 18.2%

Worst in 2014

Engine & Cooling 9 13.6%

Worst in 2014

Brakes 6 9.1%

Worst in 2013

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 7.6%

Worst in 2014

Other & Unspecified 5 7.6%

Worst in 2014

Electrical System 4 6.1%

Worst in 2015

Fuel & Propulsion 4 6.1%

Worst in 2015

Wheels 4 6.1%

Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 4.5%

Worst in 2015

Steering 3 4.5%

Worst in 2015

Body & Structure 3 4.5%

Worst in 2015

Lights 3 4.5%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 2 3.0%

Worst in 2015

Suspension 1 1.5%

Worst in 2015

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 2014 peak 6 Oct 2025

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.