The 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has 24 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 10 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are vehicle speed control and power train. Owners most often flag excessive maintenance and repair costs: routine service and minor repairs described as 3-5x more expensive than competitors, driven by dealer labor rates and costly oem parts. frequency: very frequent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vehicles (US, public record).
air bags: air bag/restraint control module
Campaign 19V695000Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles. The airbag systems may not have been activated after vehicle production. As such, these vehicles fail to comp…
unknown or other
Campaign 19V693000Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Sprinter and Metris vehicles. The vehicles left the reassembly plant without the final quality inspection of safety-relevant parts or bolt connections, resulti…
visibility:glass, side/rear
Campaign 19V507000Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner Sprinter 1500, 2500, 3500 and 4500 vehicles. The rear side windows may be single-pane safety glass instead of laminated safety g…
equipment:other:labels
Campaign 20V155000Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles. The spare tire label may indicate the maximum speed at 55 kilometers per hour (kph) rather than as 3…
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